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  2. What is the uppermost portion of the lung called? - Answers

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    The uppermost part of the lung is the lung apex. Apical means pertaining to the apex.

  3. What is the derivation of the apex of the left lung? - Answers

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    The left lung is slightly smaller than the right lung because 2/3 of the heart is located there. The left lung contains the cardiac notch, an indentation in the lung that surrounds the apex ...

  4. What is suspicious densities right apex on an X-ray of the lungs?

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    Apex, in this situation, means the topmost or uppermost areas of the lungs. Right side, here, means the radiologist saw this unusual finding in the upper right lobe. However awful this sounds, it ...

  5. Why ventilation more at base compared to apex? - Answers

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    Alveoli in the top of the lung are already more expanded than at the bottom. The pleural pressure is less (more negative) at the apex than the base. This is since the weight of the lung pulls it ...

  6. What is an apical pneumothorax? - Answers

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    Best Answer. Apical generally refers to the the tip of a pyramidal or rounded structure, like the lung or the heart. This means that apical pneumothorax is pneumothorax that is being caused at the ...

  7. What does grossly clear lungs mean? - Answers

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    Best Answer. In medical terminology, gross means something that can be seen with the unaided eye, so without magnification. Grossly clear lungs means that by whatever imaging they used, the lungs ...

  8. What is the medical term meaning pertaining to surrounding the...

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    In medical terminology, the apex refers to uppermost point, or just the pointed end. In the lungs, the apex is at the top, the heart the bottom, the tongue would be the pointed end that one can ...

  9. What are fibroatelectatic changes in a lung? - Answers

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    These changes can be indicative of various lung conditions such as interstitial lung disease, infection, inflammation, or fluid accumulation. Imaging studies like chest X-rays or CT scans are used ...

  10. Can you get cancer in the apex of the lung or lungs? - Answers

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    Yes, you can get cancer in the apex of either lung. They are called Pancoast Tumors and are a subset of lung cancer.Heart cancer is very rare and usually comes from other areas of the body. It may ...

  11. Why is the apex of the right lung more likely to have ... -...

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    Tuberculosis seems to be more common in the right lung rather than the left lung due to the short right trachea. Anatomically the left trachea is longer than the right one due to the position of ...