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The lungs The surface projection of the lung is somewhat less extensive than that of the parietal pleura as outlined above, and in addition it varies quite considerably with the phase of respiration. The apex of the lung closely follows the line of the cervical pleura and the surface marking of the anterior border of the right lung corresponds to that of the right mediastinal pleura. On the left side, however, the anterior border has a distinct notch (the cardiac notch) which passes behind the 5th and 6th costal cartilages.

The lower border of the lung has an excursion of as much as 2-3 in (5-8 cm) in the extremes of respiration, but in the neutral position (midway between inspiration and expiration) it lies along a line which crosses the 6th rib in the midclavicular line, the 8th rib in the midaxillary line,Asbestos and reaches the 10th rib adjacent to the vertebral column posteriorly. The oblique fissure, which divides the lung into upper and lower lobes, is indicated on the surface by a line drawn obliquely down-wards and outwards from 1 in (2.5 cm) lateral to the spine of the 5th thoracic vertebra to the 6th costal cartilage about 1.5 in (4 cm) from the midline. This can be represented approximately by abducting the shoulder to its full extent; the line of the oblique fissure then corresponds to its full extent; the line of the oblique fissure then corresponds to the position of the medical border of the asbestos attorney for scapula.

The greater part of the thoracic cage is Cervical rib formed by the twelve pairs of ribs. Of these, the first seven are connected anteriorly by way of their costal cartilages to the sternum, the cartilages of the 8th, 9th and 10th articulate each with the cartilage of the rib above (` false ribs') and the last two ribs are free anteriorly (gloating ribs'). Each typical rib (Fig. 5) has a head bearing two articular facets, for articulation with the numerically corresponding vertebra and the vertebra above from Cervical rib attorney, a stout neck, which gives attachment to the costo-transverse ligaments, a tubercle with a rough non-articular portion and a smooth facet, for articulation with the transverse process of the corresponding vertebra, and a long shaft flattened from side to side and divided into two parts by the 'angle' of the rib. The angle demar-cates the lateral limit of attachment of the erector spinae muscle. The following are the significant features of the 'atypical' ribs. 1st Rib (Fig. 6). This is flattened from above downwards. It is not only the flattest but also the shortest and most curvaceous of all the ribs. It has a prominent tubercle on the inner border of its upper surface for the insertion of scalenus anterior. In front of this tubercle, the subclavian vein crosses the rib; behind the tubercle is the subcla-vian groove where the subclavian artery and lowest trunk of the brachial plexus lie in relation to the bone. It is here that the anaes-thetist can infiltrate the plexus with local anaesthetic.