Dissection of mediastinum and paravertebral structures

Right first and second intercostal spaces; stellate ganglion; costocervical trunk

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Image #128-5

Dissection of mediastinum and paravertebral structures Right first and second intercostal spaces; stellate ganglion; costocervical trunk The view is from below and in front. 1 . Sternocleidomastoid muscle (cut off) 2 . Ascending cervical artery 3 . Transverse colli artery 4 . Anterior scalene muscle (cut off note remnant of insertion of this muscle on first rib slightly lower in view) 5 . Branches of costocervical trunk (upper pointer, deep cervical artery; lower pointer, supreme intercostal artery) 6 . Inferior trunk brachial plexus 7 . Rib I (cut off) 8 . Thoracic nerve 9 . Rami intercostal nerve I 10 . Sympathetic trunk 11 . Ramus communicans 12 . Rib II 13 . Intercostal nerve II 14 . Innermost intercostal muscle 15 . Common carotid artery 16 . Middle cervical ganglion 17 . Vagus nerve right 18 . Thyrocervical trunk 19 . Vertebral artery 20 . Trachea 21 . Upper pointer: Internal thoracic artery (cut off) Lower pointer: Ansa subclavia 22 . Stellate ganglion 23 . Posterior mediastinal lymph node 24 . Anterior longitudinal ligament 25 . Esophagus 26 . Thoracic cardiac nerve 27 . Branch posterior intercostal artery (to esophagus, trachea) 28 . Intercostal vein III