MEDICAL
MEDIASTINUM
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Detailed explanation-1: -Your mediastinum is a space in your chest that holds your heart and other important structures. It’s the middle section of your thoracic cavity, between your left and right pleural cavities (which hold your lungs).
Detailed explanation-2: -The mediastinum is the part of the chest that lies between the sternum and the spinal column, and between the lungs. This area contains the heart, large blood vessels, windpipe (trachea), thymus gland, esophagus, and connective tissues.
Detailed explanation-3: -The thyroid gland is located in the cranial part of the mediastinum along either side of the distal part of the trachea, cranial to its bifurcation into the bronchi (in sea lions, but not in other marine mammals, the bifurcation is cranial to the thoracic inlet).
Detailed explanation-4: -Where is the thymus located? The location of your thymus gland is in your upper chest behind your breastbone (sternum). It sits between your lungs in a part of your chest called the mediastinum. Your thymus is just in front of and above your heart.