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Respiratory System
Lingula of left lung
Lingula of left lung
Pronunciation
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Other Terms:
Lingula of lung, Left pulmonary lingula, Lingula pulmonis sinistri, Lingula du poumon gauche, Lingula del pulmón izquierdo
Lingula of lung, Left pulmonary lingula, Lingula pulmonis sinistri, Lingula du poumon gauche, Lingula del pulmón izquierdo
Description
The lingual is a projection of the upper lobe of the left lung. There are two segments of the lingula: superior and inferior.
Latin
Lingula pulmonis sinistri
French
Lingula du poumon gauche
Spanish
Lingula del pulmón izquierdo
Structural Label Key
- Annular ligaments
- Apex of lung
- Base of lung
- Cardiac notch
- Costal surface of lung
- Diaphragmatic surface of lung
- Fibromuscular membrane of trachea
- Groove for ascending aorta
- Groove for subclavian artery - left lung
- Horizontal fissure
- Inferior lobe of left lung
- Inferior lobe of right lung
- Left lung
- Left main bronchus
- Lingula of left lung
- Main bronchus
- Mediastinal surface of lung
- Middle lobe
- Oblique fissure of left lung
- Oblique fissure of right lung
- Respiratory system
- Right lung
- Right main bronchus
- Superior lobe of left lung
- Superior lobe of right lung
- The musculoskeletal system
- Trachea
- Tracheal cartilages