Stents coated with medicine may raise your risk of dangerous blood clots. (These stents often are used to keep clogged heart arteries open.) However, research hasn't proven that these stents increase the chances of having a heart attack or dying, if used as recommended.
Unformatted text preview: The centrally located area between the lungs contains which of the following? A) esophagus B) stomach C) kidneys D) pituitary gland Feedback: Rationale: The centrally located area between the lungs is the mediastinum. Medi/o means middle . The heart, esophagus (food tube), trachea, and bronchial tubes are organs within the mediastinum.
The thymus is in a part of the chest known as the mediastinum, the space in the chest between the lungs that also contains the heart, part of the aorta, the esophagus (the tube that connects the throat to the stomach), part of the trachea (windpipe), and many lymph nodes. The thymus sits just in front of and above the heart.