Left lung
Pulmo sinister
Gas exchange; the horse's lungs are only faintly lobed.
- 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
- The left side of the chest.
- Action
- Gas exchange; the horse's lungs are only faintly lobed.
- Nerve
- Vagus nerve and the sympathetic trunk.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the horse; 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
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