Mediastinal branches of thoracic part of aorta
Mediastinal branches of thoracic part of aorta | |
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Details | |
Latin | rami mediastinales partis thoracicae aortae |
Source | thoracic aorta |
Supplies | posterior mediastinum |
Identifiers | |
Gray's | p.600 |
Dorlands /Elsevier | r_02/12690827 |
TA | A12.2.11.005 |
FMA | 71539 |
Anatomical terminology |
The mediastinal branches are numerous small vessels which supply the lymph glands and loose areolar tissue in the posterior mediastinum.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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