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Relations of the trachea - Coggle Diagram
Relations of the trachea
In the neck
anteriorly
skin
superficial fascia
infrahyoid muscles
pretracheal fascia
thyroid isthmus with thyroid ima artery and anastomosis of the superior thyroid arteries
jugular venous arch
inferior thyroid veins
the left brachiocephalic vein in children
posteriorly
recurrent laryngeal nerves
esophagus
vertebral column
laterally
thyroid lobes
carotid sheath
in the superior mediastinum
anteriorly
manubrium sterni
origins of the sternohyoid and sternothyroid muscles
thymus
left brachiocephalic vein
arch of the aorta and origins of the brachiocephalic and left common carotid arteries
posteriorly
left recurrent laryngeal nerve
esophagus
vertebral column
right side
brachiocephalic artery
right vagus nerve
right brachiocephalic vein
superior vena cava
arch of the azygos vein
right phrenic nerve
right pleura and lung
left side
arch of the aorta
left common carotid and subclavian arteries
left vagus nerve
left phrenic nerve