Mediastinum

Introduction: Mediastinum

Description of Mediastinum

Mediastinum: Region of the internal upper body between the lungs that contains the heart and certain other organs.

Mediastinum: The area between the lungs. The organs in this area include the heart and its large blood vessels, the trachea, the esophagus, the bronchi, and lymph nodes.
Source: National Institute of Health

Mediastinum: the part of the thoracic cavity between the lungs that contains the heart and aorta and esophagus and trachea and thymus.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Mediastinum: mass of tissues and organs separating the two pleural sacs, between the sternum anteriorly and the vertebral column posteriorly and from the thoracic inlet superiorly to the diaphragm inferiorly; contains the heart, pericardium, the bases of the great vessels, the trachea and bronchi, esophagus, thymus, lymph nodes, thoracic duct, and the phrenic and vagus nerves.
Source: CRISP

Mediastinum: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Mediastinum:

• Septum
• Organ
• Cavity (91 causes)
• Median
• Thoracic
• Thoracic diseases
• Mediastinal
• Mediastinal diseases
• Part

Terms associated with Mediastinum:

Related Topics

• Mediastinoscopy
• Pneumomediastinum, Diagnostic

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Mediastinum

• Thoracic Cavity

Source - MeSH 2007

• body cavity

Source - CRISP

• cavity
• bodily cavity
• cavum

Source - WordNet 2.1

Other terms that may be related to Mediastinum:

• thorax

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Mediastinum

The following list attempts to classify Mediastinum into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• bodily cavity,cavity,cavum
• anatomical structure,bodily structure,body structure,complex body part,structure
• body part
• part,piece
• thing
• entity

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Body Regions
  • Thorax
    • Thoracic Cavity
      • Mediastinum

MESH - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• thoracic cavity
• thorax
• body region
• Anatomy

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