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 heart is between the lungs, toward the left of the ribcage. Photo Credit an xray of a chest image by alma_sacra from Fotolia.com. The heart--a fist-sized organ made of muscle--occupies the space under the rib cage between the lungs, just to the left of the breastbone. It's divided into four chambers, two on top known as the atria and two on bottom known as ventricles.