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Mediastinum:RightLateralView
Mediastinum
1st rib
Trachea
Cervical (cupula, or dome, of) parietal pleura
and suprapleural membrane (Sibson’s fascia)
Right vagus nerve (X)
Esophagus
Sympathetic trunk
Right superior intercostal vein
4th thoracic vertebral body
Right main bronchus
and bronchial artery
Azygos vein
Arch of azygos vein
Posterior intercostal
vein and artery and
intercostal nerve
Innermost
intercostal
muscle
Phrenic nerve and
pericardiacophrenic
artery and vein*
Internal intercostal
membrane deep to
external intercostal
muscle
Gray and white
rami communicantes
Costal part of
parietal pleura
(
cut edge
)
Greater
splanchnic nerve
Esophagus and
esophageal plexus
Bronchopulmonary
(hilar) lymph nodes
Pulmonary ligament (
cut
)
*Nerve and vessels commonly run independently.
Anterior scalene muscle and phrenic nerve
Brachial plexus
Right subclavian artery and vein
Clavicle
Subclavius muscle
1st rib
Right and left
brachiocephalic veins
Right internal thoracic
artery
Thymus (
seen through
mediastinal pleura
)
Superior vena cava
Right pulmonary
artery
Mediastinal part
of parietal pleura
(
cut edge
)
Fibrous pericardium
over right atrium
Right pulmonary
veins
Inferior vena cava
(covered by
mediastinal part
of parietal pleura)
Diaphragm (covered by
diaphragmatic part
of parietal pleura)
Costal part of
parietal pleura (
cut edge
)
Costodiaphragmatic recess
of pleural cavity
