Left recurrent laryngeal nerveLeft vagus nerveRight mainbronchusTIV/VvertebrallevelLeft main bronchusLigamentum arteriosumLeft pulmonary arteryLeft subclavian arteryPulmonary trunkEsophagusEsophagusTracheaThoracic aortaArch of aorta
Fig. 3.97 Esophagus.
Right main bronchusLeft main bronchusLeft subclavian arteryLeft common carotid arteryEsophagusEsophagusTracheaThoracic aortaArch of aortaBrachiocephalic trunkDiaphragm
Fig. 3.98 Sites of normal esophageal constrictions.
EsophagusTracheaPharynxDiaphragmJunction of esophagus with pharynxWhere esophagus iscrossed by arch ofaortaWhere esophagus is compressed by left main bronchusAt the esophageal hiatusPosition ofesophagusposterior toleft atrium
Fig. 3.99 Esophageal plexus.
Fig. 3.100 Axial CT showing esophageal cancer.
Fig. 3.101 Thoracic aorta and branches.
Left subclavian arterySupremeintercostal arterySuperior leftbronchialarteryRightbronchialarteryEsophagusEsophagusTracheaArch of aortaPosteriorintercostalarteriesMediastinalbranchesEsophageal branches
Fig. 3.102 Azygos system of veins.
Left superior intercostal veinRight superior intercostal veinAccessory hemiazygos veinHemiazygos veinAzygos veinOpening of azygos veininto superior vena cavaPosterior intercostal veinRight subcostal veinAscending lumbar veinRight ascending lumbar veinInferior vena cava
Fig. 3.103 Thoracic duct.
Fig. 3.104 Thoracic portion of sympathetic trunks.
Fig. 3.105 Anterior view of chest wall with the locations of skeletal structures shown. A. In women. The location of the nipple relative to a specific intercostal space varies depending on the size of the breasts, which may not be symmetrical. B. In men. Note the location of the nipple in the fourth intercostal space.
ClavicleCostal cartilageCoracoid processCostal marginJugular notchSternoclavicular jointManubrium of sternumRib IRib XXiphoid processASternal angleIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXBody of sternum
ClavicleCostal cartilageCoracoid processSternal angleCostal marginJugular notchSternoclavicular jointManubrium of sternumRib IRib XBody of sternumXiphoid processBIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIX
Fig. 3.106 A. Close-up view of nipple and surrounding areola of the breast. B. Lateral view of the chest wall of a woman showing the axillary process of the breast.
Fig. 3.107 Anterior view of the chest wall of a man showing the locations of various structures related to the TIV/V level.
Fig. 3.108 Anterior view of the chest wall of a man showing the locations of different structures in the superior mediastinum as they relate to the skeleton.
Right internal jugular veinRight common carotid arteryLeft common carotid arteryLeft subclavian arteryRight subclavian arteryRight pulmonaryarteryLeft pulmonaryarteryPulmonary trunkLeft subclavian veinLeft brachiocephalicveinRight brachiocephalic veinRight subclavian veinLeft internal jugular veinTracheaEsophagusEsophagusArch of aortaAscending aortaThoracic aortaLeft main bronchusRight mainbronchusSuperiorvena cava