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RADIOANATOMY OF LUNGS
LATERAL VIEW LUNGS
! Two lungs situated in the thoracic cavity
1. Right
2. Left
! Separated from each other by middle
mediastinum containing the heart and great
vessels
! Lobes
1. 3 lobes in the right separated by major and minor
fissures
2. 2 lobes in the left separated by major fissure
BRONCHOGRAPHY
3D CORONAL RECONSTRUCTION OF
LUNGS AND TRACHEA ! Right Main Bronchus
PULMONARY VASCULATURE
! Pumps blood to various parts of the body for nutritional pulmonary arteries ,
and respiratory requirements
pulmonary veins and aorta
! 4 valves – tricuspid,
pulmonary, bicuspid and
aortic
Left Common
Superior vena Brachiocephalic carotid artery
cava trunk
Trachea
Esophagus Left Subclavian
artery
Superior vena cava Left Brachiocephalic Vein crossing over Arch of aorta
to the right to join the right
Braciocephalic vein to form the SVC
Azygous
vein
Pulmonary
Aortic sac trunk
Superior vena
cava
Descending aorta
Right
atrium
Left
pulmonary
artery
Left
atrium
Descending aorta
CORONARY CIRCULATION
CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY
LEFT CIRCUMFLEX AND POSTERIOR
DESCENDING ARTERIES
! Esophageal arteries
AORTA ON ANGIOGRAM
Ascending Aorta
with its
branches
BRANCHES OF AORTIC ARCH
BRANCHES OF THE
BRACHIOCEPHALIC
ARTERY
SUPERIOR VENA
CAVA
Azygos Vein
draining into
the SVC
PULMONARY ARTERIES
SVC draining
in the Right
Atrium
PULMONARY
VEINS