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What is the position of the oesophagus in relation to the trachea and vertebral column?
What is the position of the oesophagus in relation to the trachea and vertebral column?
- Lateral to the trachea and vertebral column
- Superior to the trachea and vertebral column
- Anterior to the trachea and posterior to the vertebral column
- Posterior to the trachea and anterior to the vertebral column (correct)
Where does the trachea divide and the oesophagus continue?
Where does the trachea divide and the oesophagus continue?
- At the posterior mediastinum
- At the sternal angle (correct)
- At the superior mediastinum
- At the inferior mediastinum
Which of the following is true about the oesophagus in the superior mediastinum?
Which of the following is true about the oesophagus in the superior mediastinum?
- It has similar relations as the diaphragm
- It has similar relations as the lungs
- It has similar relations as the heart
- It has similar relations as the trachea (correct)
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