Horizontal fissure of right lung
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| Horizontal fissure of right lung | |
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| Fissure not labeled, but visible at right, between #3 and #4. | |
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| Mediastinal surface of right lung. (Fissure visible at left.) | |
| Latin | fissura horizontalis pulmonis dextri |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | f_08/12365532 |
The horizontal fissure of right lung (or transverse fissure) is a fissure separating the superior lobe from the inferior lobe.
The left lung has no middle lobe, so there is no horizontal fissure on that lung.
The Horizontal fissure usually extends from the oblique fissure along the border of the 4th rib.
[edit] Additional images
 Anatomy of lungs. |
[edit] See also
- Oblique fissure (present on both lungs)
[edit] External links
- Dictionary at eMedicine transverse+fissure+of+the+right+lung
- Atlas of anatomy at UMich lung_sup_med - "Dissection of thorax, anterior view"
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lungs: right, left, lingula, apex, base, root, cardiac notch, cardiac impression, hilum, borders (anterior, posterior, inferior), surfaces (costal, mediastinal, diaphragmatic), fissures (oblique, horizontal)
conducting zone: trachea, carina, bronchi, main bronchus (right, left), lobar/secondary bronchi (eparterial bronchus), segmental/tertiary bronchi (bronchopulmonary segment), bronchiole, terminal bronchiole
respiratory zone: respiratory bronchiole, alveolar duct, alveolus, alveolar-capillary barrier
pleurae: parietal pleura (cervical, costal, mediastinal, diaphragmatic), pulmonary pleura, pulmonary ligament, recesses (costomediastinal, costodiaphragmatic)
