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Descriptor English: Mediastinum
Descriptor Spanish: Mediastino
Descriptor mediastino
Scope note: Membrana situada en la línea media del TÓRAX de los mamíferos. Separa a los pulmones entre el ESTERNÓN, por delante, y la COLUMNA VERTEBRAL, por detrás. Asimismo rodea al CORAZÓN, la TRÁQUEA, el ESÓFAGO, el TIMO y los GANGLIOS LINFÁTICOS.
Descriptor Portuguese: Mediastino
Descriptor French: Médiastin
Tree number(s): A01.923.761.800.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008482
Scope note: A membrane in the midline of the THORAX of mammals. It separates the lungs between the STERNUM in front and the VERTEBRAL COLUMN behind. It also surrounds the HEART, TRACHEA, ESOPHAGUS, THYMUS, and LYMPH NODES.
Annotation: inflammation = MEDIASTINITIS
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
GD growth & development
IN injuries
IR innervation
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
VI virology
Related: Mediastinoscopy MeSH
Pneumomediastinum, Diagnostic MeSH
DeCS ID: 8650
Unique ID: D008482
NLM Classification: WF 900
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/16
Mediastinum - Preferred
Concept UI M0013202
Scope note A membrane in the midline of the THORAX of mammals. It separates the lungs between the STERNUM in front and the VERTEBRAL COLUMN behind. It also surrounds the HEART, TRACHEA, ESOPHAGUS, THYMUS, and LYMPH NODES.
Preferred term Mediastinum



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