Landmark · Visceral systems
Cardiac impression of lung
Impressio cardiaca pulmonis
- System
- Visceral systems
- Regions
- Trunk, Thorax
- Side
- Right
- Landmark on
- Superior lobe of right lung
DescriptionUnreviewed
The cardiac impression is an indentation formed on the surfaces of the lungs where they rest against the heart.
The mediastinal surface of the left lung has a large cardiac impression where the heart sits, which is deeper and larger than that on the right lung.
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Names
- Latin
- Impressio cardiaca pulmonis
- English
- Cardiac impression of lung
- French
- Empreinte cardiaque du poumon
- Spanish
- Impresión cardíaca de pulmón
- Portuguese
- Impressão cardíaca do pulmão