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Dissection of lungs in situ

Left lung.

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Dissection of lungs in situ
Left lung.
The upper division of the left superior pulmonary vein (10) has been severed. Its branches have been cut off at varying distal points and the main stem of the vein has been retracted anteromedially. This procedure has served to expose the upper part of the left pulmonary artery, parts of the bronchial tree, filaments of the pulmonary plexus of nerves and bronchopulmonary lymphatic nodes and vessels.
  1. Vagus nerve left
  2. Cardiac plexus
  3. Aortic arch
  4. Recurrent laryngeal nerve
  5. Pericardium
  6. Pulmonary trunk
  7. Left pulmonary artery
  8. Bronchopulmonary lymph nodes
  9. Filament of pulmonary plexus
  10. Left superior pulmonary vein (retracted anteromedially)
  11. Superior intersegmental and lingular veins
  12. Medial surface of left lung
  13. Apex of lung
  14. Apical branch left pulmonary artery
  15. Posterior apical segmental bronchus
  16. Branch posterior left pulmonary artery
  17. Anterior lateral branch left pulmonary artery
  18. Anterior segmental bronchus
  19. Anterior descending branch left pulmonary artery
  20. Superior lingular bronchus
  21. Inferior lingular bronchus