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Encyclopedia > Cardiac impression on lung
Cardiac impression on lung
Mediastinal surface of right lung.
Mediastinal surface of left lung.
Latin impressio cardiaca pulmonis
Gray's subject #240 1095
Dorlands/Elsevier i_04/12446310

The mediastinal surface of the lung presents a deep concavity, the cardiac impression, which accommodates the pericardium; this is larger and deeper on the left lung than on the right lung, on account of the heart projecting farther to the left than to the right side of the median plane. Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... Elseviers logo Elsevier, the worlds largest publisher of medical and scientific literature, forms part of the Reed Elsevier group. ... The lungs flank the heart and great vessels in the chest cavity. ... The pericardium is a double-walled sac that contains the heart and the roots of the great vessels. ...


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  Lungs and related structures  v·d·e·h 

lungs: right, left, lingula, apex, base, root, cardiac notch, cardiac impression, hilum, borders (anterior, posterior, inferior), surfaces (costal, mediastinal, diaphragmatic), fissures (oblique, horizontal) The lungs flank the heart and great vessels in the chest cavity. ... The lungs flank the heart and great vessels in the chest cavity. ... The apex of the lung is rounded, and extends into the root of the neck, reaching from 2. ... The base of the lung is broad, concave, and rests upon the convex surface of the diaphragm, which separates the right lung from the right lobe of the liver, and the left lung from the left lobe of the liver, the stomach, and the spleen. ... The anterior border of the lung is thin and sharp, and overlaps the front of the pericardium. ...


airway: trachea, carina, bronchi, main bronchus (right, left), lobar/secondary bronchi (eparterial bronchus), segmental/tertiary bronchi (bronchopulmonary segment), bronchiole, alveolar duct, alveolus Windpipe redirects here. ... A bronchus (plural bronchi, adjective bronchial) is a caliber of airways in the the respiratory tract that conducts air into the lungs. ... The Respiratory system is a very important part of the human body. ... A bronchus (plural bronchi, adjective bronchial) is a caliber of airway in the respiratory tract that conducts air into the lungs. ... Secondary bronchi (also known as lobar bronchi) arise from the primary bronchi, with each one serving as the airway to a specific lobe of the lung. ... The tertiary bronchi (also known as the segmental bronchi) arise from the secondary bronchi. ... Each of the tertiary bronchi serves a specific bronchopulmonary segment. ... The bronchioles are the first airway branches that no longer contain cartilage. ... Alveolar ducts are the tiny end tubules of the branching airways that fill the lungs. ... Detailed drawing of the alveoli from Grays Anatomy, 1918 - Schematic longitudinal section of a primary lobule of the lung (anatomical unit); r. ...


pleurae: parietal pleura (cervical, costal, mediastinal, diaphragmatic), pulmonary pleura, pulmonary ligament, recesses (costomediastinal, costodiaphragmatic) In anatomy, the pleural cavity is the potential space between the lungs and the chest wall. ... The portion of the pleura external to the pulmonary pleura lines the inner surface of the chest wall, covers the diaphragm, and is reflected over the structures occupying the middle of the thorax; this portion is termed the parietal pleura. ... Different portions of the parietal pleura have received special names which indicate their position: thus, that portion which lines the inner surfaces of the ribs and Intercostales is the costal pleura; that clothing the convex surface of the diaphragm is the diaphragmatic pleura; that which rises into the neck, over...



 

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