Normal Chest Anatomy

Name and define the three zones of the airways

Define a secondary pulmonary lobule

Define an acinus

List the lobar and segmental bronchi of both lungs

• Identify the following structures on the posteroanterior (PA) chest radiograph:
• Lungs -- right, left, right upper, middle and lower lobes, left upper and lower lobes, lingula
• Fissures -- minor, superior accessory, inferior accessory, azygous
• Airway - trachea, carina, main bronchi
• Heart - right atrium, left atrial appendage, left ventricle, location of the four cardiac valves
• Pulmonary arteries -- main, right, left, interlobar
• Aorta -- ascending, arch, descending
• Veins -- superior vena cava, azygous, left superior intercostal ("aortic nipple")
• Bones -- spine, ribs, clavicles, scapulae, humerus
• Right paratracheal stripe
• Junction lines -- anterior, posterior
• Aortopulmonary window
• Azygoesophageal recess
• Paraspinal lines
• Left subclavian artery

Identify the following structures on the lateral chest radiograph:

• Lungs -- right, left, right upper, middle and lower lobes, left upper and lower lobes, lingula
• Fissures n-- major, minor, superior accessory
• Airway -- trachea, upper lobe bronchi, posterior wall of bronchus intermedius
• Heart -- right ventricle, right ventricular outflow stripe, left atrium, left ventricle, the location of the four cardiac valves
• Pulmonary arteries -- right, left
• Aorta --ascending, arch, descending
• Veins -- SVC, IVC, left brachiocephalic (innominate), pulmonary vein confluence
• Bones -- spine, ribs, scapulae, humerus
• Retrosternal line
• Posterior tracheal stripe
• Right and left hemidiaphragms
• Raiderís triangle
• Brachiocephalic (innominate) artery