Lungs

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The lungs are split up into lobes by fissures which fissure to both lungs have?

At which costal cartilage level does it end?

At what vertebral level does this fissure begin?

Which fissure only occurs in the right lung?

At what rib level does it meet the other fissure in the mid-axillary line?

What is the name for the small tongue of upper lobe between the lower lobe and the cardiac notch?

In centimeters how far above the medial third of the clavicle is the apex of the lung?

The rule of two defines the surface markings of the pleura, for the next 6 questions state which costal level this anatomical feature occurs at. The right pleura diverges from the midline.

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Lowest point of the pleura.

The two pleura meet.

The left diverges from the midline to accomodate the heart.

The pleura cross the mid-axillary line.

the pleura cross the mid-clavicular line.

Main bronchi are referred to as primary, secondary are the lobar bronchi and tertiary are the bronchopulmonary segements, how many segements does each lung have?

How many of these go to the lower lobe?

What are the name of the lymph nodes in the lung that may appear as blackened areas in smoking patients?