Mediastinal surface of lung

Mediastinal surface of lung 1. Anterior border
2. Mediastinal part
3. Medial surface
4. Inferior lobe
5. Base of lung Latinfacies mediastinalis pulmonis Gray's subject #250 1095 Dorlands/Elsevier f_01/12352254

The mediastinal surface of the lung is in contact with the mediastinal pleura. It presents a deep concavity, the cardiac impression, which accommodates the pericardium; this is larger and deeper on the left lung than on the right lung, on account of the heart projecting farther to the left than to the right side of the median plane.

External links

1678114875 at GPnotebook
SUNY Figs 19:05-00 - "Mediastinal surface of the right lung."

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