Landmark · Visceral systems
Superior segment of left lung (SVI)
Segmentum superius pulmonis sinistri (SVI)
- System
- Visceral systems
- Regions
- Trunk, Thorax
- Side
- Left
- Landmark on
- Inferior lobe of left lung
DescriptionUnreviewed
Extends posteriorly until the fourth rib.
On the right, its inferior border runs in front following the fourth rib approximately.
On the left, it extends until the the osteochondral junction of the sixth rib.
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Names
- Latin
- Segmentum superius pulmonis sinistri (SVI)
- English
- Superior segment of left lung (SVI)
- French
- Segment supérieur du poumon gauche (SVI)
- Spanish
- Segmento superior del pulmón izquierdo (SVI)
- Portuguese
- Segmento superior do pulmão esquerdo (SVI)