4. Pleura and Lungs

Question 1

What are the different parts of the parietal pleura?

Answer 1

Cervical
Costal
Mediastinal
Diaphragmatic

Question 2

What is the pulmonary ligament and where is it found?

Answer 2

Sleeve of lung pleura

Below lung root

Question 3

What does the endothoracic fascia connect?

Answer 3

Costal pleura to thoracic wall

Question 4

What are the 2 recesses within the thoracic cavities?

Answer 4

Costodiaphragmatic

Costomediastinal

Question 5

How many lobes does each lung have?

Answer 5

R - 3
L - 2

LL - Left has Less

Question 6

What structure in the left lung is analogous to the middle lobe of the right lung?

Answer 6

Lingula

Question 7

Describe the orientation of the pulmonary veins, arteries and bronchus at the lung hilum

Answer 7

Veins - anterior and inferior
Arteries - superior
Bronchus - posterior

Question 8

Name the nodes draining the lung (make sure you can label them on a diagram)

Answer 8

Paratracheal
Superior and inferior (carinal) tracheobronchial
Bronchopulmonary (hilar)
Pulmonary nodes

Question 9

What is the fissure found in the right lung but not the left?

Answer 9

Horizontal