Mediastinum

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Mediastinum
Frontal view of the body cavities: superior mediastinum labeled a, and the pericardial cavity, which is part of the inferior mediastinum, labeled d
Mediastinum, lateral view. The division between superior and inferior is at the sternal angle.
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Latin	mediastinum[1]
MeSH	D008482
TA98	A07.1.02.101
TA2	3333
FMA	9826
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The mediastinum (from Medieval Latin: mediastinus, lit. 'midway';^[2]pl.: mediastina) is the central compartment of the thoracic cavity. Surrounded by loose connective tissue, it is a region that contains vital organs and structures within the thorax, namely the heart and its vessels, the esophagus, the trachea, the vagus, phrenic and cardiac nerves, the thoracic duct, the thymus and the lymph nodes of the central chest.