NOT a content of superior mediastinum
Correct Answer: Pulmonary trunk
Description: Mediastinum refers to the space between two lungs in thorax. SUPERIOR MEDIASTINUM Space above 2nd costal cailage CONTENTS: thymus, arch of aoa, superior venacava, pulmonary aeries, esophagus, trachea, T1 - T4 veebra, PICA - 1, 2. INFERIOR MEDIASTINUM Space below superior mediastinum, again divided into anterior, middle and posterior mediastinum. CONTENTS: pulmonary trunk, bronchus, thymus, hea, ascending aoa, PICA 3 - 12 esophagus, descending aoa, T5 - T12 veebra. Angle between manubrium of sternum & body of sternum is called angle of louis, which is 1630.
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