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Dissection of lungs in situ

General view of vascular and bronchial distribution within lungs.

Image #123-7

KEYWORDS: Heart, Left lung, Lung, Right lung, Vasculature.

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Dissection of lungs in situ

General view of vascular and bronchial distribution within lungs.

The lungs have been dissected from their medial surfaces and are reflected laterally for this photograph. Fragmentary portions of all of the chambers of the heart have been preserved. The great vessels have been kept intact, although the aorta (8) and pulmonary trunk (27) have been elevated to expose more posterior parts of the heart.

Trachea
Internal thoracic artery
Brachiocephalic trunk
Superior vena cava
Upper lobe right lung
Right superior pulmonary vein
Ramus anterior right pulmonary artery
Ascending aorta (pointer on aortic valve)
Bronchus of right middle lobe
Right inferior pulmonary vein (at entrance into left atrium)
Right atrium
Margins of window cut through interatrial septum
Middle lobe right lung
Inferior lobe right lung
Diaphragm
Inferior vena cava (cut off at entrance into right atrium)
Valve of inferior vena cava
Septal (medial) cusp of tricuspid valve
Right ventricle
Left pointer: Anterior cusp of mitral valve Right pointer: Left ventricle
Left phrenic nerve
Left common carotid artery
Parietal pleura
Left vagus nerve
Aortic arch
Anterior mediastinal lymph node
Pulmonary trunk
Left superior pulmonary vein
Anterior segmental bronchus of upper lobe
Anterior lateral branch left pulmonary artery
Left auricle
Left atrium (pointer on posterior wall atrium in this specimen abnormally dilated)
Pericardium
Lingula of left lung
Lower lobe left lung