Lung Anatomy: Segmental Anatomy

lung anatomy  The background lung is 20 percent tissue and 80 percent air, and has a certain uniform greyness that you'll learn to recognize It is lighter than the black ✓ List the parts of parietal pleura and its recesses ✓ Describe the surface anatomy of both pleura and lungs ✓ Describe the anatomy of lungs : shape,

The right lung is divided into three lobes—the upper, middle, and lower lobes, separated by two fissures The oblique fissure separates Early stage of lung development: During the early stages of lung development, the lung bud gradually transforms into the trachea

Lung The lungs are two irregular shaped cones occupying the thoracic cavity within the pleural cavities on either side of the Each lung has three surfaces The medial or mediastinal surface is marked by the hilum where the bronchi and blood vessels enter; the concave inferior suface