See Also: postmediastinum(medicine)
Horyu Temple(encyclopedia)
Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area(tourism)

Horyu Temple (sh) and postmediastinum (medicine)


Horyu Temple (sh)




Japanese Horyu-ji

Buddhist complex near Nara, Japan, comprising the oldest known wood buildings in the world.

The temple was founded by Prince Shotoku in 607 during the Asuka period, destroyed by fire in 670, and reconstructed งใ 680-708. It retains the chu-mon (middle gate) of the roofed cloister enclosing the rectangular temple precinct, a five-storied pagoda, and a kondo (main hall).


postmediastinum (medicine)


postmediastinum -->
posterior mediastinum
Lies between the pericardium and the vertebral column, below the level of the T4/5 intervertebral disc. It contains the descending aorta, thoracic duct, oesophagus, azygos veins, and vagus nerves.

Synonym: mediastinum posterius, postmediastinum.