After completion of this video, you will be able to identify and discuss some features of the mediastinum:
Terminal branches of the internal thoracic artery, root value of the phrenic nerve, thoracic duct course and termination, relations of the esophagus, structures located at the level of the transverse thoracic plane, relations of the superior mediastinum, relations of the esophagus and compression of esophagus in left atrial enlargement, how the aortic knuckle is formed in an xray, level of IVC opening, relations of the ligamentum arteriosum and its embryonic significance.

0:24 structures in the posterior mediastinum
2:12 origin of the internal thoracic artery and relations of the esophagus
3:17 mediastinal structures as seen from the right


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