Lung fissures
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Lung fissures are a double-fold of visceral pleura that either completely or incompletely invaginatesinvaginate lung parenchyma to form the lung lobes.
Each lung has an oblique fissure separating the upper lobes from the lower lobes and the right lung has a horizontal fissure that separates the right upper lobe from the right middle lobe.
There are numerous accessory fissures that are common anatomical variants.
-<p><strong>Lung fissures </strong>are a double-fold of visceral <a href="/articles/pleura">pleura</a> that either completely or incompletely invaginates lung parenchyma to form the lung lobes. </p><p>Each lung has an<a href="/articles/oblique-fissure"> oblique fissure </a>separating the upper lobes from the lower lobes and the <a href="/articles/right-lung">right lung</a> has a <a href="/articles/horizontal-fissure">horizontal fissure</a> that separates the <a href="/articles/right-upper-lobe">right upper lobe</a> from the <a href="/articles/right-middle-lobe">right middle lobe</a>. </p><p>There are numerous <a href="/articles/accessory-fissures-of-the-lung">accessory fissures </a>that are common anatomical variants. </p>- +<p><strong>Lung fissures </strong>are a double-fold of visceral <a href="/articles/pleura">pleura</a> that either completely or incompletely invaginate lung parenchyma to form the lung lobes. </p><p>Each lung has an<a href="/articles/oblique-fissure"> oblique fissure</a> separating the upper lobes from the lower lobes and the <a href="/articles/right-lung">right lung</a> has a <a href="/articles/horizontal-fissure">horizontal fissure</a> that separates the <a href="/articles/right-upper-lobe">right upper lobe</a> from the <a href="/articles/right-middle-lobe">middle lobe</a>. </p><p>There are numerous <a href="/articles/accessory-fissures-of-the-lung">accessory fissures</a> that are common anatomical variants. </p>
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