Left lung
Pulmo sinister
Gas exchange.
- System
- respiratory
- Region
- Thorax
- Sides
- Paired: left and right
Where it runs from and to
What this structure is anchored to at each end, and what that lets it do.
- Origin
- Left pleural cavity, in two lobes, smaller because the heart tilts left.
- Action
- Gas exchange.
- Nerve
- Pulmonary plexus.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the dog; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Left lung
- Latin (NAV)
- Pulmo sinister
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria