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The image shows a view of the structures in the middle mediastinum.The middle mediastinum lies between the two pleural sacs, and contains the heart and the origin of the great vessels. The pulmonary veins return oxygenated blood from the lungs into the left atrium of the heart. In this image, they are pictured in red, inferior to the pictured left pulmonary artery. The arrow indicates the ascending aorta, which can be recognised as the major vessel arising from the left ventricle, and continuing into the aortic arch.
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Pulmonary vein
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The image shows a view of the structures in the middle mediastinum.The middle mediastinum lies between the two pleural sacs, and contains the heart and the origin of the great vessels. The pulmonary arteries arise from the pulmonary trunk, which arises from the right ventricle and transports deoxygenated blood the lungs. The pulmonary trunk, and the left pulmonary artery can be recognised as the blues structure in this image.
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Pulmonary artery
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The image shows a view of the structures in the middle mediastinum. The middle mediastinum lies between the two pleural sacs, and contains the heart and the origin of the great vessels. The descending aorta lies in the posterior mediastinum, posteriorly to the heart and the hilar contents between the lungs. It is located close to and slightly to the left of the thoracic vertebral column. The arrow indicates the ascending aorta, which can be recognised as the main artery of the heart emerging from the left ventricle. The descending aorta is a continuation of the aortic arch.
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Descending aorta
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The image shows a view of the structures in the middle mediastinum. The middle mediastinum lies between the two pleural sacs, and contains the heart and the origin of the great vessels. The aortic arch is the curved portion of the aorta between the ascending and descending aorta. It lies superiorly to the structure indicated by the arrow, which is the ascending aorta, which can be recognised as the main artery of the heart emerging from the left ventricle.
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Aortic arch
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The image shows a view of the structures in the middle mediastinum. The middle mediastinum lies between the two pleural sacs, and contains the heart and the origin of the great vessels. The arrow indicates the ascending aorta, which can be recognised as the main artery of the heart emerging from the left ventricle. The ascending aorta continues into the aortic arch as it curves posteriorly.
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Ascending aorta
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Identify the structure indicated by the blue arrow in the image below
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