Mediastinum Inferior

LOWER MEDIASTINUM - the lower part of the lateral part of the mediastinum, located between the posterior surface of the pericardium and the upper edge of the body of the sternum (remanentia sterni).\nThe lower mediastinum is located between the tendinous center of the lower half of the diaphragm and the arcuate line of the lumbar.\nAt the entrance to the mediastinum it is presented in the form of a posterior fibrous the aortic ring, near which the right and small cardiac veins are located behind, to the right and above, respectively, the left and great cardiac veins behind, to the left and above it. In the mediast fissure, the heart occupies an anatomical position