Dissection of diaphragm
Right phrenic nerve and phrenic lymphatic plexus viewed from above and in front
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Dissection of diaphragm
Right phrenic nerve and phrenic lymphatic plexus viewed from above and in front
- Phrenic nerve right (stretched to display branches)
- Central tendon (right and central divisions)
- Inferior vena cava (cut off)
- Phrenic lymph node
- Costal part of diaphragm
- Pericardium
- Esophagus
- Mediastinal pleura (cut along right pulmonary ligament)
- Left vagus nerve
- Posterior mediastinal lymph node
- Phrenicoesophageal membrane
- Lymph vessel