Artery: Mediastinal branches of thoracic part of aorta | |
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Latin | rami mediastinales partis thoracicae aortae |
Gray's | subject #153 600 |
Supplies | posterior mediastinum |
Source | thoracic aorta |
The mediastinal branches are numerous small vessels which supply the lymph glands and loose areolar tissue in the posterior mediastinum.
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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