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A 40-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department by a paramedic team from the scene of a motor vehicle accident. The patient was the vehicle driver at the time of the accident and was restrained by a seat-belt, and was unconscious at the scene. Physical examination reveals multiple injuries involving the trunk and extremities. However, there are no penetrating injuries to the chest. As part of her trauma workup, a CT scan of the chest is ordered. At what vertebral level of the thorax is this image most likely from?

A. T4

B. T1

C. T5

D. T6

E. T8

Normal thoraxImage by Mikael Häggström. License: CC0

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