KROK 1 2012 – Question 149 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
While playing a child got a punch in the presternum region. As a result of this trauma an organ located behind the presternum was damaged. Name this organ:
- A. Thyroid gland
- B. Thymus
- C. Larynx
- D. Heart
- E. Pericardium
Hint
Ask which organ lies directly behind the upper part of the sternum in a child, and how its size changes with age.
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