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