Objective    To provide morphological data for image diagnosis and mediastinal surgery planning.     Methods    Cross-sectional images of fresh tissues from the first Chinese visible female human data-set were reviewed and the main structures of the superior mediastinum were confirmed on a section-by-section basis. The positional rule of the main structures in various plane of superior mediastinum was found out

and a few key sectional images were selected and compared with the relative images of CT or MRI

and the relative data on the cross-sectional images were collected.     Results    The cross-sectional images of the first Chinese visible female human fairly displayed the aortic arch and its 3 large branches

superior vena cava

left and right brachiocephalic veins

azygos vein

pulmonary trunk

trachea

esophagus

thoracic duct and so on

as well as their relationship clearly.      Conclusion    The first Chinese visible female human dataset can almost provide complete and accurate data.