Oblique fissure

Oblique fissure
Oblique fissure
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#1 - Anterior border of lung
#2 - Oblique fissure
#3 - Cardiac notch
#4 - Lingula of left lung
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Mediastinal surface of left lung.
Latin fissura obliqua pulmonis
Gray's subject #240 1096

In the lung, the oblique fissure (or major fissure) separates the inferior lobe of either lung from the remainder of the lung. (In the right lung, it separates the inferior from the superior and middle lobe; in the left lung it separates the inferior and superior lobe, as there is no middle lobe in the left lung.)

The oblique fissure extends from the spinous process of T2 (posteriorly) to 6th costal cartilage (anteriorly).

Additional images

  • Anatomy of lungs.

  • Surface projections of the organs of the trunk, with oblique fissures labeled on both sides.

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This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

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