U.Br.Columbia - Drawing The posterior mediastinum - English labels

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The posterior mediastinum.This image shows a sagittal view of the mediastinum. The posterior mediastinum is part of the inferior mediastinum together with the anterior and middle mediastinum. The superior, anterior, middle and posterior mediastinum are marked with respectively a green, orange, purple and light blue line. The posterior mediastinum contains the esophagus (purple), inferior vena cava (red), the descending aorta (light red), sympathetic trunk, azygos veins and thoracic duct (not shown). English labels. Retrieved from the interactive module Around the heart: Mediastinum from the website Clinical Anatomy of the University of British Columbia.  
Anatomical structures in item:
Cor
Mediastinum
Mediastinum inferius
Mediastinum posterius
Cavitas thoracis
Oesophagus
Vena cava inferior
Aorta descendens
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Creator(s)/credit: Prof. Claudia Krebs MD, PhD, anatomist, UBC; Monika Fejtek, digital media technologist, UBC; Rebecca Comeau MD, UBC; Dr. Olusegun Oyedele; Dr. Paul Rea; Daniel McClusky; Iskander Afiq Mohamad Hashim; Jenna Woods
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U.Br.Columbia - Drawing The posterior mediastinum - English labels
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Institution: Netherlands, Leiden – Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden University
Creator(s)/credit: Prof. Claudia Krebs MD, PhD, anatomist, UBC; Monika Fejtek, digital media technologist, UBC; Rebecca Comeau MD, UBC; Dr. Olusegun Oyedele; Dr. Paul Rea; Daniel McClusky; Iskander Afiq Mohamad Hashim; Jenna Woods
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The posterior mediastinum.This image shows a sagittal view of the mediastinum. The posterior mediastinum is part of the inferior mediastinum together with the anterior and middle mediastinum. The superior, anterior, middle and posterior mediastinum are marked with respectively a green, orange, purple and light blue line. The posterior mediastinum contains the esophagus (purple), inferior vena cava (red), the descending aorta (light red), sympathetic trunk, azygos veins and thoracic duct (not shown). English labels. Retrieved from the interactive module Around the heart: Mediastinum from the website Clinical Anatomy of the University of British Columbia.  
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Anatomical structures in item
Cor
Mediastinum
Mediastinum inferius
Mediastinum posterius
Cavitas thoracis
Oesophagus
Vena cava inferior
Aorta descendens
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