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