Respiratory Wet Room 3 Flashcards
How many lobes on the right lung?
3
What are the fissures separating the lobes superior to inferior?
Horizontal/Transverse
Oblique
How many lobes on the left side and that is the names of the fissures?
2
Oblique
What is unique about the left lung?
Has a cardiac notch and impression
Has an aortic impression
Has the lingula
What is the lingula?
Tongue shaped thing on end of upper lobe
Thought to be a remnant of the middle lobe
Where is the hilum of the lung found and what is it?
On the mediastinal surface
It is the point of attachment between the lung and lung roots
What is the lung root?
Group of structures entering or leaving the lung
What structures are in the root?
Bronchi
Pulmonary arteries
Superior pulmonary vein
Inferior pulmonary vein
What fascial membrane covers the apex of the lung?
Suprapleural membrane
Do the lungs extend above the 1st rib and clavicle? Is this a problem?
Yes - if you break clavicle can injure apex
Why is the left lung shorter and broader?
Space needed for heart
Going superior - anterior - inferior - posterior name the structures in the hilum/root
Pulmonary artery
Superior pulmonary vein
Inferior pulmonary vein
Bronchus
On the right side of the lung - the root has a 5th component - what is it?
Eparterial bronchus
What are clustered around the veins in the hilum?
Bronchopulmonary lymph nodes
