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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
  1. Phrenic nerve right (stretched to display branches)
  2. Central tendon (right and central divisions)
  3. Inferior vena cava (cut off)
  4. Phrenic lymph node
  5. Costal part of diaphragm
  6. Pericardium
  7. Esophagus
  8. Mediastinal pleura (cut along right pulmonary ligament)
  9. Left vagus nerve
  10. Posterior mediastinal lymph node
  11. Phrenicoesophageal membrane
  12. Lymph vessel