posterior mediastinum
The posterior mediastinum is an irregular triangular space running parallel with the vertebral column. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior_mediastinum ]
Synonyms: posterior mediastinal part of chest
Term info
database cross reference
- FMA:9840
- NCIT:C33368
- UMLS:C0230150 (ncithesaurus:Posterior_Mediastinum)
- SCTID:243957009
- Wikipedia:Posterior_mediastinum
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Mediastinum.png
has related synonym
mediastinum posterius
has obo namespace
uberon
id
UBERON:0008822
prefLabel
Posterior mediastinum