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Your sternum is in mid-line. One third of your heart is on the right side and two third lies on left side behind your sternum.
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Do the lungs lie medial to the heart?
The heart is both medial AND deep to the lungs.
The sternum is what to the heart?
The sternum is part of the chest skeleton system, it has nothing to do with the heart.
What is anterior to the heart?
The sternum is anterior to the heart.
How does the pelvis protect the heart?
It doesn't. The sternum protects the heart.
Is the heart medial to the lungs?
yes it is
Is the sternum medial to the heart?
The gallbladder is lateral to the sternum. The sternum is a midline structure.
The shoulder is to the sternum?
Yes, and the sternum is medial to the shoulder.
Is the ribcage medial to the right arm?
No, the ribs are lateral to the sternum. The sternum is medial to the ribs.
What is medial to the rib?
Skeletal structures medial to the rib would be the sternum and the clavicles. Organs medial to the ribs would include the lungs, the heart, the superior portion of the stomach and the majority of the liver.
Is the lungs lateral to the sternum?
Yes, the right lung is lateral to the heart. Lateral is described from the midline outward; medial is outward toward the midline.
Is the sternum lateral to the humerus?
No. The sternum is superior to the descending colon.
Does the left lung lie lateral to the heart?
Medial basically refers to being in the middle. Lateral basically refers to on or at the sides. The lungs are located on either side of the heart, so they are lateral to the heart.
What direction is the sternum to your rib?
Medial
Is the nose lateral to the scapula?
The humerus is lateral to the sternum. The sternum, or breastbone, is midline.
Where is manubrium of the sternum to the acromion of the scapula?
medial
Which of the following describes the position of the thoracic vertebrae with respect to the sternum and the kidneys?
: Vertebrae are posterior (or dorsal) to the sternum and medial to the kidneys.
Do the lungs lie medial to the heart?
The heart is both medial AND deep to the lungs.
