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A widened mediastinum measures greater than 6 cm on an upright chest x-ray. Widened mediastinum can be indicative of an aortic aneurysm, esophageal rupture, cardiac tamponade or a pericardial effusion.
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In what subdivision of the ventral body cavity is the mediastinum found?
The mediastinum is found in the thoracic cavity.
A patient was admitted to the hospital suffering from the following symptoms for the last 5 days fever malaise fatigue and nonproductive cough. Chest x-rays reveal a widened mediastinum and the patien?
A patient was admitted to the hospital suffering from the following symptoms for the last 5 days fever malaise fatigue and nonproductive cough. Chest x-rays reveal a widened mediastinum and the patien?
What was an effect trade had on the Abbasid Empire?
widened its influence and markets
How do you use the word lymphoma in a sentence?
When I saw the widened mediastinum on the chest x-ray, I knew lymphoma was a possibility. After initial chemotherapy, she started to prepare for a bone marrow transplant to help fight her lymphoma.
What type of anthrax has symptoms of fever malaise fatigue and nonproductive cough the chest x rays reveal a widened mediastinum and elevated white blood count?
cutaneous...wrong, the answer is inhalation
What is the space where thr heart sits between the lungs?
pleural space
Does the mediastinum subdivide the ventral body cavity?
It is in the thoracic cavity and it subdivides the pleural cavities
The region between the lungs that separates the thoracic cavity into two compartments?
mediastinum
Are the lungs located in the mediastinum?
The space between the 2 lungs is called the Mediastinum where the heart is located
What body cavity is the trachea founded?
The mediastinum(media- middle; -stinum partition), a central areawithin the thoracic cavity, extends from the neck to thediaphragm and from the sternum to the vertebral column.The organs located in the mediastinum are the heart,thymus gland, esophagus, trachea and bronchi. The pleuralcavities are located on either side of the mediastinum.
Four division of the mediastinum?
the newest nomenclature says that mediastinum is divided in 4 parts: -mediastinum anterius, -mediastinum posterius, -mediastinum superius and -mediastinum inferius. Mediastinum inferius is divided in 3 parts (anterius, medius and posterius);
In which part of the body is Most of the esophagus?
The esophagus is a tube that starts in the laryngopharynx and extends to thestomach. It is 25 cm long and lies in the thorax. The mediastinum is in the middle of thethorax. The mediastinum is divided into theanterior, middle and posterior mediastinum. The esophagus lies in the posterior mediastinum, on theback side of the heart. It penetrates the diaphragm at the thoracic vertebra 10 and then join the upper end of stomach. Its function is to transfer food and water to the stomach from the mouth for digestion.
