Mediastinum

Word MEDIASTINUM
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Pronunciations /ˌmiːdi.əˈstaɪnəm/

Definitions and meanings of "Mediastinum"

What do we mean by mediastinum?

The region in mammals between the pleural sacs, containing the heart and all of the thoracic viscera except the lungs. noun

In anatomy, a median septum or partition between two parts of an organ, or between two paired cavities of the body; especially, the membranous partition separating the right and left thoracic cavities, formed of the two inner pleural walls. noun

The region in mammals between the pleural sacs, containing the heart and all of the thoracic viscera except the lungs. noun

The part of the thoracic cavity between the lungs that contains the heart and aorta and esophagus and trachea and thymus noun

The region in mammals between the pleural sacs, containing the heart and all of the thoracic viscera except the lungs.

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The word "mediastinum" in example sentences

SATCHER: Well, the spores get into the lungs and they end up in the lymph nodes, in the chest, what we call the mediastinum (ph). ❋ Unknown (2001)

The adjacent sides of the two pleural sacs are central to the thorax, and form that space which is called mediastinum; the heart is located in this mediastinum, U E, Plate 1. ❋ Joseph Maclise (N/A)

It is applied to the tunica vasculosa over the glandular substance of the testis, and, at its posterior border, is reflected into the interior of the gland, forming an incomplete vertical septum, called the mediastinum testis (corpus Highmori). ❋ Unknown (1918)

Schwannoma originating from the vagus nerve within the mediastinum is a rare, usually benign tumor. ❋ Kyriakos Rammos (2009)

Harvey Cushing, another star apprentice, even “cleaned out the anterior mediastinum,” the deep lymph nodes buried inside the chest. ❋ Siddhartha Mukherjee (2010)

One of the neatest evidences I see of God in Creation is the bison...with an incompletely divided mediastinum. ❋ LuLu (2008)

The mediastinum, all the stuff, and they go, oh, this isn't good, we can't treat for a heart attack. ❋ Unknown (2008)

With a scalpel in the other hand, carefully transect the root in the middle between lung and mediastinum. . . ❋ Steve Giegerich (2001)

Blood explodes into the mediastinum and pleural cavity. ❋ Tess Gerritsen (1998)

A few irregularly situated dark glandular bodies were observed on the surface of the costal pleura at each side of the sternum, and on the mediastinum. ❋ Archibald Makellar (N/A)

Mediastinal pleura, forming a second investment for the heart, bloodvessels, &c.F. Costal pleura, seen to be continuous above with that which forms the mediastinum. ❋ Joseph Maclise (N/A)

He was the first to study and describe the mediastinum, correcting the error of the ancients, who believed that this duplicature of the pleura contained a portion of the lungs. ❋ Charles McRae (N/A)

The escape of the large trunks was generally quite as astonishing as in other parts of the body, especially in the superior mediastinum. ❋ George Henry Makins (N/A)

In this case the bullet without doubt passed through the anterior mediastinum, and slight injury to the lung was evidenced by transient hæmoptysis. ❋ George Henry Makins (N/A)

He shows no inconsiderable knowledge of anatomy in his remarkable description of inflammation and abscess of the mediastinum in his own person, and its diagnosis from common pleuritis as well as from abscess and dropsy of the pericardium. ❋ Various (N/A)

Several lymphatic glands in the anterior part of the mediastinum contained black fluid. ❋ Archibald Makellar (N/A)

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