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Mediastinum

noun
(pl. mediastina)
1.
The part of the thoracic cavity between the lungs that contains the heart and aorta and esophagus and trachea and thymus.





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"Mediastinum" Quotes from Famous Books



... gland from the region of the thorax behind or above the esophagus, or gullet (posterior, or dorsal, mediastinum). The gland is shown cut through and laid open. It is very much enlarged, and the yellowish cheesy masses which represent tissue undergoing tuberculous changes are well shown on the ...
— Special Report on Diseases of Cattle • U.S. Department of Agriculture
... duct may result from a crush of the thorax. The chyle escapes and accumulates in the cellular tissue of the posterior mediastinum, behind the peritoneum, in the pleural cavity (chylo-thorax), or in the peritoneal cavity (chylous ascites). There are physical signs of fluid in one or other of these situations, but, as a rule, the nature of the lesion is only recognised when chyle is withdrawn by the ...
— Manual of Surgery - Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. • Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles


Words linked to "Mediastinum" :   bodily cavity, thoracic cavity, cavity, cavum, chest cavity


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