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Why is the heart and lung so important and what are there relationship?
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∙ 14y ago
They are important because you need both in order to live. Lungs supply oxygen to breath and your heart supplies out oxygen to your body in order to survive.
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Which is simpler heart or heart lung transplant?
heart lung It is much harder to transplant just lungs as the heart gets in the way! So in most cases it will be a heart and lung transplant. If the heart taken out is healthy then that is given to someone else who is just wanting a heart. It does not go to waste.
What is a function of the cardiac notch?
so that we can differentiate the right lung and left lung. the lung with the cardiac notch is the left lung as the heart is on the left side of the body.
Why is the right lung slightly larger than the left lung?
the left lung is smaller to make room for the heart.. the right lung has 3 lobes and the left lung only has 2 lobes..
What is a Heart-lung bypass machine also called?
heart lung machine is very important because without a pumping system for the duration of the surgery the patient will die. Therefore a machine is needed to do the work of the heart, which is what the heart-lung machine does, it pumps blood and re oxygenates it at the same time.
Why do you have blood leaking into your lung from your heart?
well, blood from your heart goes to the lung to collect oxygen. It's not exactly leaking so to speak but more like flowing
What contain the heart and lung?
Your lungs do not hold the heart. Heart is placed in the mediastinum between both the lungs. Two third part of the heart is on the left side of plane that passes from mid-line. So heart has more impression on the left lung as compared to right lung.
Is the right or left lung is larger?
The right Lung is slightly larger than the left, because the heart takes up some of the space on your left side. So, in order to make room for the heart, the left lung is smaller.
Why is it that left lung is s?
The left lung is smaller than the right lung because your heart is on the left side of your body and so takes up some of the room.
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.
Is it rare for lung cancer to spread to heart?
It's not unheard of for Lung Cancer to spread locally to structures nearby such as the heart. It would make it's way in from the outside so getting to the Heart (or Pericardial) Sack first
Does your lung holds more air than your left lung?
A natural human pair of lungs have the small right lung and the larger left lung to allow room for the heart. So to answer your question your left lung will hold more.
Which lung is bigger--your right or your left?
Your left lung is smaller. The right lung has three lobes: superior, middle and inferior. The left lung has only two lobes: the superior and inferior. The heart takes up the space that would have otherwise been used for a middle lobe on the left lung.
