Landmark · Visceral systems
Oblique fissure of right lung
Fissura obliqua pulmonis dextri
- System
- Visceral systems
- Regions
- Trunk, Thorax
- Side
- Right
- Landmark on
- Inferior lobe of right lung
DescriptionUnreviewed
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.
The right lung is divided into three lobes by a horizontal fissure, and an oblique fissure.
The oblique fissure separates the middle lobe of right lung and the inferior lobe of right lung.
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Names
- Latin
- Fissura obliqua pulmonis dextri
- English
- Oblique fissure of right lung
- French
- Scissure oblique du poumon droit
- Spanish
- Fisura oblicua del pulmón derecho
- Portuguese
- Fissura oblíqua do pulmão direito