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The image shows an axial section through the thoracic cavity at the inferior level through the heart. The arrow points to a muscular tube located slightly to the left of the vertebral column (seen posteriorly), which is the oesophagus.
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Oesophagus
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The image shows an axial section through the thoracic cavity at the inferior level through the heart. The arrow points to a muscular tube located slightly to the left of the vertebral column (seen posteriorly), which is the oesophagus. The pulmonary trunk is not visible at this level in the thoracic cavity – it is located slightly higher up, as it emerges superiorly from the right ventricle before it bifurcates into the right and left pulmonary arteries.
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Pulmonary trunk
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The image shows an axial section through the thoracic cavity at the inferior level through the heart. The arrow points to a muscular tube located slightly to the left of the vertebral column (seen posteriorly), which is the oesophagus. The aorta is located more centrally and to the right of the oesophagus.
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Descending aorta
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The image shows an axial section through the thoracic cavity at the inferior level through the heart. The arrow points to a muscular tube located slightly to the left of the vertebral column (seen posteriorly), which is the oesophagus. The inferior vena cava is located more laterally towards the right side of the body (and left side of the image).
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Inferior vena cava
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The image shows an axial section through the thoracic cavity at the inferior level through the heart. The arrow points to a muscular tube located slightly to the left of the vertebral column (seen posteriorly), which is the oesophagus. The superior vena cava is not visible at this level in the thoracic cavity – it is located more superiorly, at the level of the aortic arch and the right atrium into which it drains.
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Superior vena cava
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Thoracic anatomy
Identify the anatomical structure indicated by the blue arrow in the image below.

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