Mediastinal surface of lung

Mediastinal surface of lung
Mediastinal surface of lung
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1. Anterior border
2. Mediastinal part
3. Medial surface
4. Inferior lobe
5. Base of lung
Latin facies mediastinalis pulmonis
Gray's subject #250 1095

The mediastinal surface of the lung is in contact with the mediastinal pleura. It 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.

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v · d · eAnatomy: Lower RT respiratory system (TA A06.3–5, TH H3.05.02, GA 11.1084)
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Lungs
General

Left lung/Right lung · Base/Apex · Root/Hilum

Superior lobe · Lingula of left lung/Middle lobe of right lung · Inferior lobe

borders: Anterior border (Cardiac notch) · Posterior border · Inferior border

surfaces: Costal surface · Mediastinal surface (Cardiac impression) · Diaphragmatic surface

fissures: Oblique fissure · Horizontal fissure
Cells
Pneumocyte (Type I pneumocyte, Type II pneumocyte) · Clara cell · Goblet cell

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