Inferior mediastinum 3 bölümden oluşur
I-Anterior Mediasten
II-Medial Mediasten
III-Inferior Mediasten
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I-Anterior inferior mediastinum
A quantity of loose areolar tissue
Some lymphatic vessels which ascend from the convex surface of the liver
Two or three anterior mediastinal lymph nodes
The small mediastinal branches of the internal thoracic artery
Thymus (involuted in adults)
superior and inferior sternopericardial ligaments
II-Middle inferior mediastinum
the heart enclosed in the pericardium
the ascending aorta
the lower half of the superior vena cava with the azygos vein opening into it
the bifurcation of the trachea and the two bronchi
the pulmonary trunk dividing into its two branches
the right and left pulmonary veins
the phrenic nerves
some bronchial lymphatic glands
pericardiacophrenic vessels
III-Posterior inferior mediastinum
thoracic part of the descending aorta
azygos vein
the hemiazygos vein and the accessory hemiazygos vein
vagus nerve
splanchnic nerves
sympathetic chain
esophagus
thoracic duct
some lymph glands