Oesophagus
Thymus
Topography
Sections
Pleural cavity
N vagus [X], R cardiacus thoracicus
Clavicula
M subclavius o
A axillaris •
V axillaris •
A subclavia •
A- carotis communis •
• V. hemiazygos accessoria
A pulmonalis sinistra •
V pulmonalis sinistra •
Plexus brachialis. Pars infraclavicularis
Costa I
V, brachiocephalica •
N vagus [X]
N phrenicus *
Plexus aorticus thoracicus,
Plexus cardiacus
Plexus pulmonalis
Thymus
Bronchus principalis
sinister
N. phrenicus ?
V pulmonalis sinistra •
Pericardium fibrosum
Recessus
costomediastinalis
Pleura parietalis,
Pars mediastinalis
(Nodi lymphoidei
médiastinales
anteriores)
Centrum tendineum
Pleura parietalis,
Pars diaphragmatica
Truncus sympathicus, R cardiacus thoracicus
Oesophagus, Pars thoracica
Ductus thoracicus, Pars thoracica
N laryngeus recurrens (N. vagus)
Lig. arteriosum
Nodi lymphoidei
tracheobronchiales
Oesophagus,
Pars thoracica
N. vagus [X],
Plexus pulmonalis
• Pars thoracica aortae
R. communicans
N splanchnicus
major
• •
A.;V. inter-
costalis
posterior;
N. intercostal is
Truncus
sympathicus,
Ganglion
thoracicum IX
Pleura
parietalis,
Pars costalis
Plexus aorticus
thoracicus
• • A.; V. intercostalis
posterior
Fig. 950
Pleural cavity, Cavitas pleuralis, and mediastinum,
Mediastinum, of an adolescent;
viewed from the left.
In older individuals, the thymic tissue is almost entirely
replaced by adipose tissue.
