Lungs

Question 1

What separates the right and left lungs

Answer 1

Mediastinum

Question 2

What’s the texture of the lung

Answer 2

Spongy

Question 3

What’s the color(in children and adults) and weight of the lungs

Answer 3

Children-Brown
Adults-Molted black
Weight for right:600g
Weight for left:550g

Question 4

The lung is what shape?

Answer 4

Conical

Question 5

The lung has —- apex, —— base and —— surfaces

Answer 5

One, one, 2

Question 6

What surface of the lung borders the ribs from front to back

Answer 6

Costal surface

Question 7

On what surface do you find the hilum where bronchi, blood vessels and lymphatic vessels enter and leave

Answer 7

Medial or mediastinal surface

Question 8

The apex of the lung is grooved anteriorly by what vessel?

Answer 8

Subclavian artery

Question 9

The apex is covered by what Pleura?

Answer 9

Cervical pleura

Question 10

Apex projects into the root of the neck one inch above the lateral 1/3 of the clavicle. T/F

Answer 10

False. Medial 1/3

Question 11

The base is convex and sits on the diaphragm

Answer 11

False. It is concave

Question 12

Anterior border of the lung is ———, ———- and overlaps the heart

Answer 12

Sharp, thin

Question 13

Anterior border of the right lung presents a cardiac notch at its lower end. T/F

Answer 13

False

Question 14

What’s the thin projection at the end of the anterior border of the left lung called?

Answer 14

Lingula

Question 15

Posterior border is ———-, ——— and lies beside the vertebral column

Answer 15

Rounded, thick

Question 16

Costal surface of right lung is convex. T/F

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Anterior part of the medial surface is called ————

Posterior part of the medial surface is called ————

Answer 17

Mediastinal

Vertebral

Question 18

What is contained in the right lung root?

Answer 18

2 bronchi, pulmonary artery, 2 pulmonary veins

Question 19

The left lung root contains?

Answer 19

One Bronchi, one pulmonary artery, two pulmonary veins