• There are ten bronchopulmonary segments in the right lung: three in the superior lobe, two in the middle lobe, and five in the inferior lobe. (wikipedia.org)
  • Right middle lobe (RML) syndrome, a form of chronic atelectasis, usually results from bronchial compression and obstruction by surrounding lymph nodes or bronchial scarring. (medscape.com)
  • The other fissure, the horizontal fissure, separates the superior from the middle lobe. (bionity.com)
  • The middle lobe, the smallest lobe of the right lung, is wedge-shaped, and includes the lower part of the anterior border and the anterior part of the base of the lung. (bionity.com)
  • There is no middle lobe on the left lung, though there is a lingula. (bionity.com)
  • Each lung has an oblique fissure separating the upper lobes from the lower lobes and the right lung has a horizontal fissure that separates the right upper lobe from the middle lobe . (radiopaedia.org)
  • The chest radiograph revealed shadowing in the right lung and he was diagnosed to have right middle lobe collapse. (bmj.com)
  • 3 There had also been reports of right middle lobe collapse occurring, in isolation or in combination with a right upper lobe collapse, after an uneventful endotracheal intubation. (bmj.com)
  • The radiological features of right middle lobe collapse and right upper lobe consolidation and ways to diagnose them are discussed. (bmj.com)
  • ECG was normal and an x ray of the chest (fig 1) revealed shadowing in the right lung, which was thought to be right middle lobe collapse. (bmj.com)
  • The superior part of the right oblique fissure separates the right upper lobe from the right lower lobe and the inferior part separates the right middle lobe from the right lower lobe . (radiopaedia.org)
  • Anterosuperiorly is the oblique fissure and medial segment of the middle lobe. (gpnotebook.com)
  • The medial bronchopulmonary segment of the middle lobe of the right lung is supplied by the medial segmental bronchus branch of the right middle lobe bronchus. (gpnotebook.com)
  • Its lateral surface adjoins the lateral bronchopulmonary segment of the middle lobe. (gpnotebook.com)
  • Consequently, any cause of pronounced hilar lymphadenopathy can cause collapse of the segment and the middle lobe. (gpnotebook.com)
  • A 'mass in the middle lobe of the right lung' was found using a chest computed tomography (CT) scan after undergoing physical and radiological examinations for 2 days. (spandidos-publications.com)
  • Chest CT ( Fig. 1 ) revealed a mass in the middle lobe of the right lung, measuring ~3.1×2.8×2.8 cm in size, with small burrs and traction near the pleura. (spandidos-publications.com)
  • The right lung comprises 10 segments: 3 in the right upper lobe (apical, anterior and medial), 2 in the right middle lobe (medial and lateral), and 5 in the right lower lobe (superior, medial, anterior, lateral, and posterior). (medscape.com)
  • Temporal and parietal lobes are separated by the lateral sulcus, also called Sylvian fissure. (medicinenet.com)
  • One of these, the oblique fissure, separates the inferior from the middle and superior lobes, and corresponds closely with the fissure in the left lung. (bionity.com)
  • The oblique fissure (also known as the major fissure) is similar for both lungs. (radiopaedia.org)
  • The left oblique fissure has a more vertical course compared to the right oblique fissure 2 . (radiopaedia.org)
  • The oblique fissures (also called the major fissures or greater fissures ) are bilateral structures in both lungs separating the lung lobes. (radiopaedia.org)
  • The left oblique fissure separates the left upper lobe from the left lower lobe . (radiopaedia.org)
  • The oblique fissures are highly variable and may be incomplete or absent, thus complicating the identification of various pathological processes. (radiopaedia.org)
  • In the majority of cases the left oblique fissure is located at a higher level and courses more vertically than the right oblique fissure 2 . (radiopaedia.org)
  • Both oblique fissures can present as incomplete fissures (48% on the right compared with 43% on the left). (radiopaedia.org)
  • The oblique fissures can be visualized on both conventional radiography and computed tomography (CT) scans. (radiopaedia.org)
  • For transthoracic biopsies , especially those for lesions located in the upper lobes, knowledge of the exact anatomy of the oblique fissures is essential to avoid crossing the oblique fissures. (radiopaedia.org)
  • On a lateral radiograph, the right oblique fissure ends at the anterior costophrenic angle and the left oblique fissure ends about 5 cm posterior to the anterior costophrenic angle 3 . (radiopaedia.org)
  • Variability of the pulmonary oblique fissures presented by high-resolution computed tomography. (radiopaedia.org)
  • IntegrityNet is able to predict fissure integrity with an accuracy of 95.8%, 96.1%, and 89.8% for left oblique, right oblique, and right horizontal fissures, compared to manual analysis on a dataset of 82 subjects. (bvsalud.org)
  • Next, students made a cut along the longitudinal fissure and were able to see interior structures of the brain. (cypresschristian.org)
  • Axial, T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan reveals atrophic changes within bilateral temporal lobes with prominence of the sylvian fissures. (medscape.com)
  • A second MRI, performed one month after the first, showed attenuation of the previous lesion, with general signal enhancement in the leptomeninges, a heterogeneous contrast-enhancing lesion measuring 1x2 cm in the left frontal lobe, and a smaller lesion near the left sylvian fissure (Figure 1 ). (upmc.edu)
  • Type II clinoidal meningiomas originate from the superolateral surface, leading to widening of the sylvian fissure, and are relatively easy to remove. (medscape.com)
  • A previously identified subcentimeter nodule posteriorly in the left upper lobe is no longer observed. (breastcancer.org)
  • Unlike the lateral bronchopulmonary segment at the same level, its inferior surface largely rests on the diaphragm anteriorly and the medial basal bronchopulmonary segment of the inferior lobe posteriorly. (gpnotebook.com)
  • Briefly, the frontal lobe is distinguished from the parietal lobe posteriorly by the central sulcus (see the image below). (medscape.com)
  • The medial basal bronchopulmonary segment of the right inferior lobe is supplied by the medial basal segmental bronchus, a branch of the right inferior lobar bronchus. (gpnotebook.com)
  • The central cerebral fissure divides the two occipital lobes, and a membrane called tentorium cerebelli separates it from the cerebellum. (medicinenet.com)
  • MR imaging generated measures of lesion burden (fluid-attenuated inversion recovery hyperintense volume), general atrophy (brain parenchymal fraction), central atrophy (lateral ventricle volume), and lobar atrophy (regional brain parenchymal fraction of frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital lobes in each hemisphere). (ajnr.org)
  • There are numerous accessory fissures that are common anatomical variants . (radiopaedia.org)
  • The work is titled "The Relationship Between Accessory Fissures of Human Lungs and Bronchopulmonary Segment Location: A Cadaveric Study. (slu.edu)
  • The middle and lower lobes collapse more than the upper lobes in the presence of a pleural effusion, whereas the upper lobes are more affected by a pneumothorax. (medscape.com)
  • Occipital lobe is in the backside of the upper brain below the occipital bone of the skull, behind the parietal and temporal lobes, and above the cerebellum. (medicinenet.com)
  • Students observed and identified the frontal, parietal, occipital and temporal lobes and the optic chiasma. (cypresschristian.org)
  • The method is especially designed to be robust to incomplete fissures by incorporating contextual information from automatic lung, fissure, and bronchial tree segmentations, as well as shape information. (diagnijmegen.nl)
  • In an extensive experiment on 10 chest CT scans with manual segmentations, the robustness of the method to incomplete fissures and missing input segmentations is shown. (diagnijmegen.nl)
  • In a second experiment on 100 chest CT scans with incomplete fissures, the method is shown to perform well. (diagnijmegen.nl)
  • The two halves of the frontal lobes are called the left and right frontal cortex. (medicinenet.com)
  • Badre D Cognitive control, hierachy, and the rostro-caudal organization of the frontal lobes Trends in Cognitive Sciences, vol 12, issue 5, 193-200, May 2008. (pharmacology2000.com)
  • The horizontal fissure (also known as the minor fissure or transverse fissure) is found in the right lung where it separates the upper and middle lobes. (radiopaedia.org)
  • The cerebrum is divided into four major lobes, each lobe with two halves, right and left. (medicinenet.com)
  • Mysid, Principal fissures and lobes of the cerebrum (lateral view) Figure 728 from Gray's Anatomy. (pharmacology2000.com)
  • The temporal lobe is an important component of the limbic system, which is responsible for learning, emotions (love, envy, etc.) and memory. (medicinenet.com)
  • Due to the presence of the limbic system, the temporal lobe contributes to a variety of autonomic states and physiological processes, such as sexual arousal, anxiety levels, and hunger. (medicinenet.com)
  • The left lung comprises 8 segments: 4 in the left upper lobe (apicoposterior, anterior, superior lingula, and inferior lingula) and 4 in the left lower lobe (superior, anteromedial, lateral, and posterior). (medscape.com)
  • The horizontal fissure is complete in only one-third of people and is absent in 10% of people 2 . (radiopaedia.org)
  • A less common normal variant of the left upper lobe is a left horizontal fissure . (radiopaedia.org)
  • The horizontal fissure can extend between the two segments. (gpnotebook.com)
  • Endobronchial valves that allow air to escape from a pulmonary lobe but not enter it can induce a reduction in lobar volume that may thereby improve lung function and exercise tolerance in patients with pulmonary hyperinflation related to advanced emphysema. (nih.gov)
  • Which vessel courses with the main lobar fissure? (proprofs.com)
  • The middle hepatic vein courses with the main lobar fissure. (proprofs.com)
  • In this work, a deep learning technique is utilized to assess lobar fissure completeness (also known as fissure integrity) from pulmonary CT images. (bvsalud.org)
  • The human lungs are divided into five separate lobes, divided by the lobar fissures. (bvsalud.org)
  • Fissure integrity is also likely to impact lobar sliding which has recently been shown to affect lung biomechanics. (bvsalud.org)
  • A thorough inspection of the pleural cavity and alertness regarding unusual appearance of the right upper pulmonary lobe made it possible to suggest a non-standard diagnosis, avoid complications (bleeding from afferent vessel) and perform adequate lung resection. (bvsalud.org)
  • Introducción: El biliotórax es una condición infrecuente definida por la presencia de bilis en el espacio pleural. (bvsalud.org)
  • One and 28 d after acute exposure, and 1, 28, and 90 d following sub-chronic exposure, bronchoalveolar lavage was performed on the left lung to collect cells and fluid for analyses, the apical right lobe was preserved for histopathology, and the right cardiac and diaphragmatic lobes were processed for gene expression analyses. (cdc.gov)
  • The rate of pneumonia in the target lobe in the EBV group was 4.2% at 12 months. (nih.gov)
  • After successful patient evaluation and target lobe selection, SVS valves are placed in the most diseased lobe. (olympus.co.uk)
  • A 19-year-old patient after previous wedge resection of the right upper pulmonary lobe a year ago urgently admitted with recurrent right-sided spontaneous pneumothorax. (bvsalud.org)
  • Lung fissures are double-folds of visceral pleura that either completely or incompletely invaginate lung parenchyma to form the lung lobes. (radiopaedia.org)
  • The lung parenchyma is further subdivided into lobes and segments. (medscape.com)
  • Some of the segments may fuse in the left lung to form usually eight to nine segments (four to five in the upper lobe and four to five in the lower lobe. (wikipedia.org)
  • Parietal lobe is located behind the frontal lobe and above the temporal lobe, toward the upper area of the skull. (medicinenet.com)
  • Subsequently the radiograph was reported as right upper lobe consolidation by the radiologist. (bmj.com)
  • 1 Inadvertent right main bronchus intubation can also cause paradoxical collapse of a portion of the right upper lobe. (bmj.com)
  • 2 There had been reports of right upper lobe collapse occurring after an uneventful endotracheal intubation. (bmj.com)
  • Right upper lobe consolidation as a complication of endotracheal intubation has not been reported. (bmj.com)
  • We wish to report such a complication occurring in a young man who had an uneventful endotracheal intubation where he was thought to have had a right middle collapse and subsequently reported to have right upper lobe consolidation. (bmj.com)
  • The radiologist reported his chest radiographs as right upper lobe consolidation (fig 1). (bmj.com)
  • Anteroposterior radiograph showing right upper lobe consolidation. (bmj.com)
  • 4 The upper lobe bronchus on the right side arises as an offshoot from the right main bronchus, whereas the left upper lobe bronchus arises further away from the carina as a bifurcation of the main trunk. (bmj.com)
  • There is a new 2-3 mm noncalcified nodule within the left upper lobe (image 66). (breastcancer.org)
  • A new 4 mm subpleural nodule is located anteriorly within the left upper lobe (image 95). (breastcancer.org)
  • An additional tiny subpleural nodule in the left upper lobe laterally has resolved in the interval. (breastcancer.org)
  • There has been decrease in size of a couple of the left upper lobe nodules and appearance of a couple of new left-sided nodules. (breastcancer.org)
  • Left mainstem bronchus is also seen with upper lobe airway. (medscape.com)
  • Thus, we present spontaneous pneumothorax following right upper lobe pulmonary sequestration. (bvsalud.org)
  • The left medial segment is located on the left lobe of the liver, and the middle hepatic vein serves as a boundary between this segment and the right anterior segment. (proprofs.com)
  • What structure located at the anterior border of the caudate lobe will help you identify this lobe of the liver? (proprofs.com)
  • The fissure for the ligamentum venosum is located at the anterior border of the caudate lobe of the liver. (proprofs.com)
  • Its superior surface apposes the inferior surface of the anterior bronchopulmonary segment of the superior lobe. (gpnotebook.com)
  • Both lungs are divided into lobes (see the image below). (medscape.com)
  • This eruptive fissure was more than 5.6 km (3.5 miles) long and fed lava flows that moved in two directions--southwest and southeast. (usgs.gov)
  • The lower flank activity began at 11:15 p.m., and these fissures produced `a`a lava flows that fed two lobes. (usgs.gov)
  • The Northeast Rift Zone eruption of Mauna Loa continues, with two active fissures feeding lava flows downslope. (hawaiifreepress.com)
  • The fissure 3 lava flows are travelling to the north, still moving toward the Daniel K. Inouye Highway (Saddle Road). (hawaiifreepress.com)
  • Fissure 4 is still active with lava flows moving toward the northeast. (hawaiifreepress.com)
  • There is a visible gas plume from the erupting fissure fountains and lava flows, with the plume primarily being blown to the North. (hawaiifreepress.com)
  • It was a 7mmx8mm lower right lobe nodule, abutting the major fissure. (cancer.org)
  • Greater radiographic evidence of emphysema heterogeneity and fissure completeness was associated with an enhanced response to treatment. (nih.gov)
  • This vein divides the liver into two main lobes, the right lobe and the left lobe. (proprofs.com)
  • You suspect enlargement of the caudate lobe in a patient with liver disease. (proprofs.com)
  • By identifying this fissure, one can confirm the presence of the caudate lobe and potentially diagnose its enlargement in a patient with liver disease. (proprofs.com)
  • You are performing a sonogram on a slender female and notice a long, thin extension of the inferior aspect of the right lobe of the liver. (proprofs.com)
  • The long, thin extension of the inferior aspect of the right lobe of the liver most likely represents Reidels lobe. (proprofs.com)
  • The superior and inferior lobes are similar to their counterparts on the left lung. (bionity.com)
  • A left lower lobe nodular opacity near the lung base abutting the lower margin of the major fissure remains unchanged. (breastcancer.org)
  • Occasionally the superior aspect of the left major fissure may mimic pneumomediastinum , so called pseudopneumomediastinum . (radiopaedia.org)
  • Upon admission the patient showed marked fatigue, confusion and apathy, and a contrast-enhancing round lesion, 1 cm in diameter, was seen in the left temporal lobe on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). (upmc.edu)
  • Left lower lobe airway cannot be seen. (medscape.com)
  • In this paper, a fully automatic segmentation of the pulmonary lobes in chest CT scans is presented. (diagnijmegen.nl)
  • The smaller grooves are called sulci and larger groves are called fissures. (medicinenet.com)
  • Investigations of memory in rats and nonhuman primates have demonstrated functional specialization within the medial temporal lobe (MTL), a set of heavily interconnected structures including the hippocampal formation and underlying entorhinal, perirhinal, and parahippocampal cortices. (jneurosci.org)
  • The medial temporal lobe structures are considered by some to be part of the so-called limbic lobe. (medscape.com)