Lab 11 - Image 7
Mediastinum, right side: The right lung and mediastinal pleura have been removed to expose vessels and nerves. The heart (1) receives blood from the caudal vena cava (2), the azygos vein (3), and the cranial vena cava (4). The latter receives blood from bilateral brachiocephalic veins (5), each formed by the union of a subclavian vein (6) (cut away) and an external jugular vein (7).
The common carotid a. (8) is accompanied by the vagosympathetic nerve trunk. Identify the trachea (9), esophagus (10), thymus (11), and phrenic n. (12).