bronchi, lungs, pleura and diaphragm

Question 1

mediastinum

Answer 1

thick midline
extends from the sternum anteriorly to thoracic vertebrae
and from the superior thoracic aperture to inferior thoracic aperture

Question 2

what lines the pleural caviyty

Answer 2

mesothelial membrane

this is the pleura

Question 3

layer lining the pleural cavity

Answer 3

parietal pleura

Question 4

layer on the lungs

Answer 4

visceral pleura

Question 5

costo-diaphramic recess

Answer 5

between the costal pleura and diaphramagmatic pleura

in inspiration it becomes larger

Question 6

structures in the lung root (hilum)

Answer 6

main bronchus
terminal branch of the trachea 
one pulmonary artery 
2 pul veins 
bronchial arteries 
lymph nodes draining the pulmonary plexus and lung of autonomic nerves

Question 7

how are the lungs divided

Answer 7

L lung divided into upper and lower lobes by oblique fissure

R lung had oblique fissure and horizontal fissure - divide into upper middle and lower lobes

Question 8

what does the antior border of the lung do

Answer 8

separate the costal from mediastinal surface

Question 9

what does the lower border do

Answer 9

separate the costal and diaphragmatic surfaces