Costomediastinal recess
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| Costomediastinal recess | |
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| Front view of thorax, showing the relations of the pleuræ and lungs to the chest wall. Pleura in blue; lungs in purple. | |
| Latin | recessus costomediastinalis pleuralis |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | r_05/12696588 |
The costomediastinal recess is a potential space at the border of the mediastinal pleura and the costal pleura.
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[edit] External links
- GPnotebook 47185978
- SUNY Labs 19:03-0101 - "Pleural Cavities and Lungs: The Costomediastinal Recess"
- Atlas of anatomy at UMich lung_pleura - "X-ray, chest, posteroanterior view"
- Diagram at port.ac.uk
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lungs: right, left, lingula, apex, base, root, cardiac notch, cardiac impression, hilum, borders (anterior, posterior, inferior), surfaces (costal, mediastinal, diaphragmatic), fissures (oblique, horizontal)
conducting zone: trachea, carina, bronchi, main bronchus (right, left), lobar/secondary bronchi (eparterial bronchus), segmental/tertiary bronchi (bronchopulmonary segment), bronchiole, terminal bronchiole
respiratory zone: respiratory bronchiole, alveolar duct, alveolus, alveolar-capillary barrier
pleurae: parietal pleura (cervical, costal, mediastinal, diaphragmatic), pulmonary pleura, pulmonary ligament, recesses (costomediastinal, costodiaphragmatic)
