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inferior mediastinum (medicine)


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.