Lungs ( Handout )

Question 0

What is the shape of the lungs?

Answer 0

Conical in shape

Question 1

What is the main function of the lungs?

Answer 1

Oxygenate blood

Question 2

Weight of a healthy adult lung

Answer 2

R lung: 620g

L lung: 570g

Question 3

Parts of the lungs

Answer 3

Apex
Base
2/3 lobes
3 borders
3 surfaces

Question 4

Blunt superior end of the lungs that ascend above the level of the 1st rib into the root of the neck

Answer 4

Apex of the lungs

Question 5

Concave inferior surface of the lungs that rests on the diaphragm

Answer 5

Base of the lungs

Question 6

Has three lobes divided by the oblique and horizontal fissures

Answer 6

Right lung

Question 7

The right lung is divided by what fissures

Answer 7

Oblique and horizontal

Question 8

What are the three lobes of the R lung

Answer 8

Superior, middle and inferior lobe

Question 9

Right or Left lung?
Larger and heavier
Shorter and wider
With straight anterior border

Answer 9

Right lung

Question 10

Has two lobes and is divided by the oblique fissure

Answer 10

Left lung

Question 11

The left lung is divided by what fissure

Answer 11

Oblique fissure

Question 12

What are the lobes of the left lung?

Answer 12

Superior and inferior lobe

Question 13

What is the indented anterior border of the left lung

Answer 13

Cardiac notch

Question 14

Tongue-like process found on the left lung

Answer 14

Lingula

Question 15

Most common accessory lobe found in the right lug

Answer 15

Azygos lobe

Question 16

Line drawn along the 4th costal cartilage to meet the oblique fissure in the midaxillary line

Answer 16

Horizontal fissure

Question 17

Where does the horizontal and oblique fissure meet?

Answer 17

Midaxillary line

Question 18

Above the horizontal fissure is
A. Upper/superior lobe
B. Middle lobe
C. Inferior lobe

Answer 18

A. Upper/superior lobe

Question 19

Below the horizontal fissure is
A. Upper/superior lobe
B. Middle lobe
C. Inferior lobe
D. Lower lobe

Answer 19

B. Middle lobe

Question 20

Line drawn from the root of the spine of the scapula following the course of the 6th rib to 6th costochondral junction
A. Horizontal fissure
B. Oblique fissure

Answer 20

B. Oblique fissure

Question 21

What lies above and anterior to the oblique fissure
A. Upper/superior lobe
B. Middle lobe
C. Inferior lobe
D. Lower lobe

Answer 21

A. Upper / Superior lobe

Question 22

Lies below and posterior to the oblique fissure
A. Upper/superior lobe
B. Middle lobe
C. Inferior lobe
D. Lower lobe

Answer 22

D. Lower lobe

Question 23

What are the borders of the lungs?

Answer 23

Anterior, posterior, inferior border

Question 24

``` Border of the Lungs: Where the costal and mediastinal surfaces meet anteriorly and overlap the heart A. Anterior B. Posterior C. Inferior ```

Answer 24

A. Anterior

Question 25

``` Border of the Lungs: Begins behind the sternoclavicular joint down to the xiphisternal joint A. Anterior B. Posterior C. Inferior ```

Answer 25

A. Anterior | - anterior border of the RIGHT LUNG

Question 26

``` Border of the Lungs: Begins behind the sternoclavicular joint but deviates laterally at the level of the 4th costal cartilage then goes downward the xiphisternal joint A. Anterior B. Posterior C. Inferior ```

Answer 26

A. Anterior | - anterior border of the left lung

Question 27

Anterior border that deviates laterally at the level of the 4th costal cartilage A. Right lung B. Left lung

Answer 27

B. Left lung

Question 28

Where does the anterior border of the right and left lung begins A. Sternoclavicular joint B. Xiphisternal joint

Answer 28

A. Sternoclavicular joint

Question 29

Where does the anterior border of the right and left lungs end A. Sternoclavicular joint B. Xiphisternal joint

Answer 29

B. Xiphisternal joint

Question 30

``` Border of the Lungs: Where the costal and mediastinal surfaces meet posteriorly A. Anterior B. Posterior C. Inferior ```

Answer 30

B. Posterior

Question 31

``` Border of the Lungs: Extends from the spinous process of the C7 to T10 A. Anterior B. Posterior C. Inferior ```

Answer 31

B. Posterior

Question 32

The posterior border of the lungs extends from what spinous processes

Answer 32

C7 to T10

Question 33

``` Border of the Lungs: Circumscribes the diaphragmatic surface of the lung A. Anterior B. Posterior C. Inferior ```

Answer 33

C. Inferior

Question 34

What are the three surfaces of the lungs?

Answer 34

Costal, mediastinal, diaphragmatic

Question 35

``` Surface of the lung: Large, smooth, convex A. Costal B. Diaphragmatic C. Mediastinal ```

Answer 35

A. Costal

Question 36

``` Surface of the lung: Concave and forms the base of the lung A. Costal B. Diaphragmatic C. Mediastinal ```

Answer 36

B. Diaphragmatic

Question 37

``` Surface of the lung: Related to the costal pleura A. Costal B. Diaphragmatic C. Mediastinal ```

Answer 37

A. Costal

Question 38

``` Surface of the lung: Rests on the dome of the diaphragm A. Costal B. Diaphragmatic C. Mediastinal ```

Answer 38

B. Diaphragmatic

Question 39

``` Surface of the lung: Concave and includes the Hilum of the lung A. Costal B. Diaphragmatic C. Mediastinal ```

Answer 39

C. Mediastinal

Question 40

Posterior part of the costal surface is referred to as the _________ part

Answer 40

Vertebral part

Question 41

``` Surface of the lung: (+) for impressions A. Costal B. Diaphragmatic C. Mediastinal ```

Answer 41

C. Mediastinal

Question 42

Wedge-shaped part of the lungs that serves as the doorway for the bronchi, vessels and nerves

Answer 42

Hilum

Question 43

Area of continuity between the visceral and parietal layers

Answer 43

Pleural sleeve

Question 44

It is described as the pleural sleeve that descends inferior to the root

Answer 44

Pulmonary ligament

Question 45

It is a loose fold that allows the movement of the pulmonary vessels and large bronchi during respiration

Answer 45

Pulmonary ligament