How many lobes and segments are there in each lung?

There is some form of segmental symmetry between the right and left lungs, even though the left lung is smaller and only contains two lobes. In general, each lung has 10 segments: the upper lobes contain 3 segments, the middle lobe / lingula 2 and the lower lobes 5.

What are the lung segments?

There are three segments in the RUL (apical, anterior, and posterior), two in the RML (medial and lateral), and five in the RLL (superior, medial, anterior, lateral, and posterior).

How many segments are there in lungs?

There are ten segments in the right lung (upper lobe, three; middle lobe, two; lower lobe, five) and eight segments in the left lung (upper lobe, four; lower lobe, four). Each segment has a different morphology, size and blood vessel branch, which depend on its site, and there are many variations among patients (5-7).

What are the 7 lobes of the lungs?

21.4B: Lobes, Fissures, and Lobules

• The Right Lung. The Upper Lobe (Right Lung) The Middle Lobe (Right Lung) The Lower Lobe (Right Lung)
• The Left Lung. The Upper Lobe (Left Lung) The Lower Lobe (Left Lung) The Lingula.
• The Hilium.

Which is the largest lung lobe?

right lung
The right lung is larger and weighs more than the left lung. Since the heart tilts to the left, the left lung is smaller than the right and has an indentation called the cardiac impression to accommodate the heart.

Why do lungs have lobes?

Speaking as an engineer, The lobes themselves are structurally a way to distribute the mass and function of the lungs so that a catastrophic failure to one part may not necessarily destroy the entire organ. The heart is in the volume on the left that is occupied by the Middle Lobe on the right.

Why are the lungs segmented?

Each lobe has its own pleural covering. The two human lungs are thus divided in five lobes. Lung lobes segmentation is particularly important during the process of assessing the location and progression of diseases, as well as when choosing their most appropriate treatment.

Why does the lung have 3 lobes?

Why does the right lung have three lobes? The oblique fissure in the left lung separates the superior and the inferior lobe. The oblique and horizontal fissure divides the lungs into superior, middle and inferior lobes. Thus the right lung has three lobes while the left has two.

What are lung bases?

Anatomically, the lung bases refer literally to the inferior concave surfaces of the lungs which directly contact the hemidiaphragms. However many radiologists, and other clinicians, use the term more generally to refer to the basal region of the lung, which like the lower zones, has no formal definition.