This is collapse of a part of a lung, or rarely an entire lung is called...
atelectasis
Medially, the left lung also contains a concavity in which the heart lies called the...
cardic notch
Due to the space occupied by the heart, the left lung is about how much smaller then the right lung?
10%
TRUE/FALSE - Although the right lung is thicker and broader, it is also somewhat shoter than the left lung because the diaphragm is higher on the right side.
TRUE
How many lobes does the right lung have?
3
How many lobes does the left lung have?
2
Both lungs have an oblique fissure, which extends...
inferiorly and anteriorly
The right lung contains a...
horizontal fissure
The oblique fissure in the left lung seperates the...
superior lobe from the inferior lobe
In the right lung the superior part of the oblique fissure seperates...
the superior lobe from the inferior lobe
In the right lung the inferior part of the oblique fissure seperates the...
inferior lobe from the middle lobe
Each lobe receives it own?
secondary (lobar) bronchus
The right primary bronchus gives rise to three secondary bronchi called the...
(1) superior secondary (lobar) bronchi
(2) middle secondary (lobar) bronchi
(3) inferior secondary (lobar) bronchi
The left primary bronchus gives rise to two secondary bronchi called the...
(1) superior secondary (lobar) bronchi
(2) inferior secondary (lobar) bronchi
Within the lung, the secondary bronchi give rise to the...
tertiary (segmental) bronchi
How many tertiary bronchi are in each lung?
10
The segment of lung tissue that each tertiary bronchus supplies is called a...
bronchopulmonary segment
Each bronchopulmonary segment of the lungs has many small compartments called?
lobules
Terminal bronchioles subdivide into microscopic branches called?
respiratory bronchioles
Respiratory bronchioles in turn subdivide into several (2-11)...