See Also: mediastinum inferius(medicine)
mediastinum(dictionary)
Mediastinum(health)
mediastinum(medicine)
anterior mediastinum(medicine)
inferior mediastinum(medicine)
mediastinum testis(medicine)
mediastinum superius(medicine)
mediastinum posterius(medicine)
middle mediastinum(medicine)

talus(2) (iou) and mediastinum inferius (medicine)


talus(2) (iou)



talus noun2. Pl. -uses. M17.
[French, of unkn. origin.]
A slope; spec. (Fortification) the sloping side of a wall or earthwork. M17.
Geology. A scree slope, consisting of material which has fallen from the face of the cliff above. M19.
b. gen. The slope of a mountain, hill, or iceberg. Now rare. M19.
Comb.: talus cone a cone-shaped mass of detritus in a cave etc., consisting of material which has fallen from (a hole in) the roof.

mediastinum inferius (medicine)


mediastinum inferius -->
inferior mediastinum


The region below a plane transecing the T4/5 intervertebral disc posteriorly and the sternal angle anteriorly, demarcating the inferior limit of the superior mediastinum. It is subdivided into three regions: middle, anterior, and posterior.

Synonym: mediastinum inferius.