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 lungs are a pair of elastic, spongy organs used in breathing. In humans the lungs take up a lot of the chest cavity. They are located just behind, and to either side of, the heart. They extend down from the collarbone to the diaphragm (the muscular wall between the chest cavity and the abdominal cavity).