Cardiac notch of left lung

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Cardiac notch of left lung
Bronchi, bronchial tree, and lungs. (Cardiac notch labeled at bottom left.)
Mediastinal surface of left lung. (Cardiac notch visible at center right.)
Latin	i. cardiaca pulmonis sinistri
Gray's	subject #240 1096
Dorlands/Elsevier	i_05/12447260

The anterior border of the right lung is almost vertical, and projects into the costomediastinal sinus; that of the left lung presents, below, an angular notch, the cardiac notch, in which the pericardium is exposed. Opposite this notch the anterior margin of the left lung is situated some little distance lateral to the line of reflection of the corresponding part of the pleura.

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