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Sternum, oblique X-ray

1: Body of clavicle 5: Jugular incisure 9: Body of sternum
2: First rib 6: Sternal end of clavicle 10: Xiphoid process
3: Second rib 7: Manubrium of sternum 11: Calcified costal cartilage
4: Seventh rib 8: Sternal angle

Thoracic cage, a-p X-ray

1: Head of first rib 6: Head of sixth rib 11: Inferior angle of scapula
2: Neck of second rib 7: Shaft of sixth rib 12: Diaphragm
3: Shaft of first rib 8: 12th rib 13: Gastric air
4: Osteochondral junction 9: Mamma
5: Tuberculum of costa VI 10: Clavicle
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Thorax, Tc-MDP, scintigraphy
A: Anterior view. B: Posterior view

1: Sternal end of clavicle 6: Ninth rib 11: Transverse process of vertebra, and
2: Manubrium of sternum 7: Right kidney neck of rib
3: Body of sternum 8: Fourth rib 12: 11th rib
4: Osteochondral junction (5th rib) 9: Inferior angle of scapula 13: Right kidney
5: Body of thoracic vertebra (Th X) 10: Body of thoracic vertebra (Th X) 14: Spinous process of lumbar vertebra

Thorax, a-p X-ray, child 1 month

1: Clavicle 4: First rib 7: Liver
2: Humeral head (ossification center) 5: Thymus 8: Left ventricle
3: Acromion 6: Right atrium

1: Head of first rib
2: Apex of lung
3: Sternal end of clavicle
4: Bronchus and lung vessel (“end-on”)
5: Superior caval vein
6: Right atrium
1: Apex of right lung
2: Superior lobe of right lung
3: Middle lobe of right lung
4: Inferior lobe of right lung
5: Base of right lung
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Thorax, p-a X-ray, deep inspiration
7: Lung vessels 13: Left auricle
8: Inferior caval vein 14: Left ventricle
9: Costodiaphragmatic sulcus 15: Apex of heart
10: Trachea 16: Air in fundus of stomach
11: Aortic arch 17: Mamma
12: Pulmonary trunk
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Lungs, Xe inhalation, scintigraphy
A: Anterior view. B: Posterior view
6: Impression from aorta 11: Inferior lobe of right lung
7: Superior lobe of left lung 12: Mediastinum
8: Cardiac incisure 13: Superior lobe of left lung
9: Apex of right lung 14: Inferior lobe of left lung
10: Superior lobe of right lung
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1: Sternum (manubrium)
2: Sternum (angle)
3: Sternum (body)
4: Bronchus
5: Oblique fissure of lung
1: Trachea with calcified cartilage
2: Principal bronchi
3: Pulmonary arteries
4: Left ventricle (enlarged)
5: Calcified costal cartilage
Thorax, lateral X-ray
6: Diaphragma (right dome) 11: Esophagus (with air)
7: Diaphragma (left dome) 12: Left atrium
8: Air in fundus of stomach 13: Costodiaphragmatic sulcus
9: Scapula
10: Trachea
Thorax of old age, lateral X-ray
6: Right dome of diaphragm (relaxed) 11: Body of vertebra (collapsed)
7: Liver 12: Osteophytes
8: Left dome of diaphragm 13: Calcification of aortic wall
9: Gastric air
10: Aortic arch (dilated)