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                 24  The Thorax
































                Fig. 18◊The lungs, lateral aspects.




























                Fig. 19◊The lungs, anterior aspects.



                wall and a mediastinal surface which is concave to accommodate the
                pericardium.
                   The right lung is slightly larger than the left and is divided into three
                lobes—upper, middle and lower, by the oblique and horizontal fissures. The
                left lung has only an oblique fissure and hence only two lobes.
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