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Oblique Rib Fissure Structure Division Left Lungs Surface

Front Oblique fissure
Back Structure: oblique division of the right and left lungs. Surface projection:
a) paravertebral line @ 4th rib
b) costochondral junction @ 6th rib

Function: divides the lung into superior and inferior lobes

Tags: lung

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