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Where is your lungs at in your body?
The lungs are located within the chest cavity on either side of the heart. Each lung reaches from the collarbone (clavicle) to the border between the chest and abdominal cavities.
What is levocardia?
Levocardia is a condition in which most of the organs in the thoracic and abdominal cavities are on the opposite side from where they should be. The only organ in this condition which is in its normal position is the heart.
Why is the heart located on the right side of a chest pa X-ray?
It isn't. In almost everyone, the heart is on the left side of the chest. On a chest x-ray, however, the heart is on the right-hand side of the picture because that is where the patient's left is! It is as if the patient is standing in front of you, facing you... their right is on your left and their left is on your right.
Chest pain to right side shortness of breath cant take full breath without pain sore right arm?
Could be a heart attack, esp if you have situs inversus (heart and great vessels on the right side of the chest instead of left--RARE). If you have ever had a chest Xray, they should have told you if your heart's on the right.
Is the cat's heart in the left or right side of its chest?
Left.
What is in the right side of the chest cavity?
In the right side of the chest cavity, you will find the right lung, the right atrium of the heart, a portion of the liver, the gallbladder, and parts of the diaphragm and ribs.
What is the sternum bone?
The sternum bone is in the middle of your chest, right above your heart and lungs.
What do you do with your right hand when giving the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag?
Place it on your chest where your heart is.
How many people have a heart on there right side?
A condition known as dextrocardia occurs when the heart is positioned on the right side of the chest instead of the left. It is a rare congenital condition, affecting approximately 1 in 10,000 individuals. Most people with dextrocardia can lead normal lives, but some may have associated congenital heart defects.
How is the difibulator placed on the chest?
The defibrillator pads are typically placed on the upper right chest area and the lower left side of the chest. These placements help create a pathway for the electrical shock to travel through the heart and restore its normal rhythm when needed. Make sure the chest is clear of any obstructions (clothing, jewelry) before placing the pads.
Heart located right side or left side?
It is on your left side. When you say the Pledge of Allegiance (in America) you place your right hand across your chest over your heart on the left-center of your chest. In anatomical descriptions, right and left are from the perspective of the patient, e g "my right shoulder hurts".
Can anyone have their heart on the right side of the body?
This condition is called dextrocardia, in it's simplest (and rarest) form all of the organs in the chest and abdomen are functionaly normal but they are a mirror image of the normal arrangement. So the heart is on the right the liver is on the left and the spleen is on the right. More commonly the condition is associated with heart defects like pulmonary stenosis ventricular septal defect, transposition of the great vessels which are serious but not necessarily unsurvivable. Many of the abdominal organs may be in the wrong position, not work properly or the spleen may be completely absent (this carries the highest death rate as it causes infection).
