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What is the derivation of the apex of the left lung?
The uppermost point, hence apex...of the lung
What is the uppermost portion of the lung called?
The uppermost part of the lung is the lung apex. Apical means pertaining to the apex.
In a standing person the alveoli located at the base of the lung are better ventilated in liters per minute than the alveoli found at the apex of the lung?
True
What organ is located under the left breast?
Lung and spleen
What is the pointed part of the lung?
The top pointed tip of the lung is the apex, while the pointed tip on the bottom of the left lung is called the lingula.
What is the narrow part of the lung called?
apex
Where is the apical portion of the lung?
This is the TOP of the lung (part toward the head).
Where in the body is the human heart located?
The human heart is positioned under the left lung, in the center, slightly to the left in the chest cavity.
What does clear lung apices means?
Clear lung apices means that there is not defect found in the lung. Apices is the plural of apex which is the top part of the lung.
Is the apex superior or inferior to the heart?
If you mean the heart's apex, it is close to the inferior aspect of the heart. If you mean the lung's apex, it is superior to the heart.
Why is the apex of the right lung more likely to have tuberculosis?
Tuberculosis seems to be more common in the right lung rather than the left lung due to the short right trachea. Anatomically the left trachea is longer than the right one due to the position of the heart and the major vessels. As a result microbes can more easily navigate to the right lung rather than the left lung.
Contrast left lung and right lung?
The left lung is slightly smaller than the right lung because 2/3 of the heart is located there. The left lung contains the cardiac notch, an indentation in the lung that surrounds the apex (pointed end) of the heart. The smaller left lung only has 2 lobes, the superior and inferior.
