Lungensegmente

Right middle

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Pneumokokkenpneumonie

apikaler Unterlappen rechts: In der p.a.-Aufnahme erkennt man eine flächige Verdichtung im Mittelfeld; in der Seitaufnahme ist die Zuordnung zum Segment VI mit klarer Abgrenzung zum Oberlappen durch das große Interlobium eindeutig.

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Tracheobronchial

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Bronchopulmonary

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Bronchopulmonary segmental anatomy describes the division of the lungs into segments based on the tertiary or segmental bronchi.

Gross anatomy

The trachea divides at the carina forming the left and right main stem bronchi which enter the lung substance to divide further. This initial division is into secondary or lobar bronchi, but subsequent divisions give rise to smaller and smaller bronchi and bronchioles until the smallest bronchioles connect to the innumerable alveoli.

Each segment has its own pulmonary arterial branch and thus, the bronchopulmonary segment is a portion of lung supplied by its own bronchus and artery. Each segment is functionally and anatomically discrete allowing a single segment to be surgically resected without affecting its neighboring segments.

There is some form of segmental symmetry between the right and left lungs, even though the left lung is smaller and only contains two lobes. In general, each lung has 10 segments: the upper lobes contains 3 segments, the middle lobe / lingula 2 and the lower lobes 5. Bilaterally, the upper lobes have apical, posterior and anterior segments and the lower lobes superior (apical) and 4 basal segments (anterior, medial, posterior and lateral). With this basic symmetric anatomy shared between the lungs, there are a few differences that can be described:

the middle lobe on the right has 2 segments: medial and lateral (easy to remember - middle lobe, medial and lateral).
the lingula on the left is part of the left upper lobe and is the equivalent of the middle lobe on the right, and hence it has 2 segments, but in this case, it is divided into superior and inferior segments.
there are 2 regions of the left lung in which 2 segments are joined as 1 as they have a common tertiary (segmental) bronchus:
- left upper lobe apicoposterior segment
- left lower lobe anteromedial segment