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9 Cards in this Set
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Caval opening
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T8 level
Aperture of central tendon Contents: IVC Right phrenic Lymphatic vessels from liver to mediastinal and middle phrenic nodes |
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Oesophageal hiatus
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T10 level
Pierces right crus on left side of diaphragm Contents: Oesophagus Anterior vagal trunk (left vagus) Posterior vagal trunk (right vagus) Left gastric vessels |
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Aortic hiatus
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Bounded by median arcuate ligament anteriorly, crura laterally and T12 vertebra posteriorly
Contents: Aorta Azygos and hemiazygos veins Thoracic duct |
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Medial arcuate ligaments
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Sympathetic trunks
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Lateral arcuate ligaments
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Subcostal neurovascular bundles
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Splanchnic nerves
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Pierce crura
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Superior epigastric and musculophrenic arteries
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Sternocostal triangles
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Left phrenic
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Junction of central tendon and right muscular aspect of diaphragm
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T7-11 intercostal nerves
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Pierce digitations of diaphragm
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