NEET PG Medical – 2018 – Question – 10
Structures not passing through Aortic opening:
a) Azygos vein
b) Aorta
c) Thoracic duct
d) Vagus
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Correct Answer – D
Answer – D. Vagus
Aortic opening (Aortic hiatus) is one of the three major apertures through the diaphragm & lies at the level of T12.
Several structures pass through the aortic hiatus: aorta, azygos vein, thoracic duct.
Vagus passes through the oesophageal hiatus
