SUPERIOR VENA CAVA, AORTA AND PULMONABY TRUNK
Manubrium
Thymus
Arch of aorta
Right lung
Right phrenic nerve
Superior vena cava
Right vagus nerve
Trachea
Left lung and pleura
Left phrenic nerve
Left superior intercostal vein
Cardiac nerves
Left vagus
Deep cardiac plexus
Left recurrent laryngeal nerve
3 Oesophagus in the lower part.
4 Diaphragm..
terior
1 Vertebral column.
2 Herniazygos veins.
Io fhe Right Side
1 Oesophagus in the upper part.
2 Azygos vein.
3 Thoracic duct.
4 Right lung and pleura (Fig. 19.3).
Oesophagus
Thoracic duct
Fourth thoracic vertebra
.Fig. 19.9: Transverse section of the thorax passing through the fourth thoracic vertebra
To the Letl
Left lung and pleura.
Bronches
1 Nine posterior intercostal arteries on each side for
the third to eleventh intercostal spaces.
2 The subcostal artery on each side (see Fig. 14.8).
3 Two leftbronchial arteries. The rightbronchial artery
arises from the third right posterior intercostal artery.
4 Oesophageal branches, supplying the middle one-
third of the oesophagus.
Right internal jugular vein
Right subclavian vein
Right brachiocephalic vein
Superiqr vena cava
Left internal jugular vein
Brachiocephalic artery
Left subclavian vein
Left brachiocephalic vein
Left subclavian artery
Aortic aneurysm
Left pulmonary artery
Pericardium
Pulmonary trunk
Ascending aorta
Right atrium
Azygos vein
Fig. 19.8: Aorlic aneurysm