STRUCTURES PASSING THROUGH DIFFERENT OPENING IN DIAPHRAGM:

Remember the pneumonic (Voice Of America -8,10,12)

Voice (Venacaval opening) – T8

• Inferior vena cava
• Right phrenic nerve

Of (Esophageal opening) – T10

• Esophagus
• Esophageal branch of left gastric artery
• Anterior and posterior vagal trunks
• Tributaries of left gastric vein

America (Aortic opening) – T12

• Abdominal aorta
• Thoracic duct
• Azygous vein

Behind the medial arcuate ligament:

• Sympathetic trunk and least splanchnic nerve

Behind the lateral arcuate ligament:

• Subcostal nerve and vessels