A med student clamped the phrenic nerve instead of the vessel descending in the mediastinum and pericardium next to it. Which vessel did he mean to clamp? A)inferior thoracic artery B)pericardiophrenic CRight coronary D)superior thoracic
Question
A med student clamped the phrenic nerve instead of the vessel descending in the mediastinum and pericardium next to it. Which vessel did he mean to clamp? A)inferior thoracic artery B)pericardiophrenic CRight coronary D)superior thoracic
Solution
The vessel that the med student meant to clamp is B) Pericardiophrenic. This vessel descends in the mediastinum and pericardium next to the phrenic nerve.
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