Landmark · Visceral systems
Horizontal fissure of right lung
Fissura horizontalis pulmonis dextri
- System
- Visceral systems
- Regions
- Trunk, Thorax
- Side
- Right
- Landmark on
- Middle lobe of right lung
DescriptionUnreviewed
The right lung is divided into three lobes by a horizontal fissure, and an oblique fissure.
The horizontal fissure separates the upper and middle lobes of right lung.
The fissures are formed in early prenatal development by invaginations of the visceral pleura that divide the lobar bronchi, and section the lungs into lobes that helps in their expansion.
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Names
- Latin
- Fissura horizontalis pulmonis dextri
- English
- Horizontal fissure of right lung
- French
- Scissure horizontale du poumon droit
- Spanish
- Fisura horizontal del pulmón derecho
- Portuguese
- Fissura horizontal do pulmão direito