1.3 Lungs, Pleura and the Bronchial Tree

Question 1

Name the 4 anatomical structures of the lungs

Answer 1

Larynx, L/R Main bronchus, lobar bronchii (secondary), Segmental bronchii (tertiary)

Question 2

Which bronchus divides before moving through the hilum?

Answer 2

Right bronchus

Question 3

What is special about the left bronchus?

Answer 3

It divides after moving through the hilum

Question 4

When does a bronchii become a bronchiole?

Answer 4

When the cartilage is lost

Question 5

Name the anatomical position of the pulmonary artery

Answer 5

Superior and posterior

Question 6

Name the anatomical position of the pulmonary vein

Answer 6

Inferior and anterior

Question 7

Right lung depressions

Answer 7

Right brachiocephalic vein, SVC, Azygous vein, Heart and the Diaphragm

Question 8

Left lung depressions

Answer 8

Arch of the aorta, descending aorta, diaphragm and heart

Question 9

What is the nerve supply of the lung?

Answer 9

Anterior and posterior pulmonary nerve plexuses

Question 10

Where are the lymphatics of the lung?

Answer 10

Deep pulmonary vessels inside the lung, in visceral pleura on the surface which drain into Bronchomediastinal trunks

Question 11

What are the boundaries of the Pleura called?

Answer 11

Parietal, Viscera, Costal, Diaphragmatic, Mediastinal, with Costodiaphragmatic recess and Costomediastinal recess

Question 12

Parietal pleura of the lung nerve supply?

Answer 12

Intercostal nerves and phrenic nerve

Question 13

Visceral pleura of the lung nerve supply?

Answer 13

Surrounding viscera nerves