Lung and pleura
Items which are NOT required knowledge are:
- Anatomical arrangement of the components of the lung roots
- Divisions / segments of the bronchi or their blood supply / lymph drainage
- Developmental anatomy
Pleura
- Parietal & visceral pleura: functions.
- Nerve supply
- Surface markings and implications for aspiration & drainage
Lungs
- Appreciation of the numbers of lobes in each lung; the overall structural arrangement of bronchi, pulmonary arteries and veins and the principles of subdivision within the lung substance
- The lung roots as key structures connecting lung with mediastinum and the contents of each root - Lung root composition
- Fissures: the oblique fissures as key functional anatomy in normal respiratory excursion of the lung substance
- Surface markings of the hila, lungs and fissures - Lung fissures landmarks and Lung surface anatomy
- Lymph drainage via hilar, tracheobronchial and mediastinal groups/trunks
- Nerve supply - autonomic (and implications for bronchial stimulation and pain perception) and appreciation of central control of respiration