Dissection of mediastinum and paravertebral structures
Superior mediastinum.
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Dissection of mediastinum and paravertebral structures
Superior mediastinum.
The lymphatic structures have been removed from along the trachea so that the cardiac and pulmonary nerves can be more readily visualized. Filaments of the cardiac plexus have been cut off and laid across the pulmonary artery in such a way that their various connections are more clearly visible. The pulmonary arteries have been retracted downward.
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Anterior scalene muscle
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Right subclavian artery
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Common carotid artery
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Right vagus nerve
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Middle cervical cardiac nerve (this filament can be traced upward between the arteries to a point where it joins the cervical sympathetic trunk above the stellate ganglion)