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Mediastinum

"Mediastinum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Mediastinum" by people in this website by year, and whether "Mediastinum" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 23 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2019
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