1Professor and HOD, Department of Anatomy, Santhiram Medical College and General Hospital, Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh
2Tutor, Department of Anatomy, Santhiram Medical College and General Hospital, Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh
*Correspondence address: Dr. K Dharmadas Professor and HOD, Department of Anatomy, Santhiram Medical College and General Hospital, NH 18, Nandyal, Kurnool District-518501, Andhra Pradesh, Email ID: gangadhar564564@gmail.com
Online published on 4 July, 2016.
The fissures facilitate the movement of the lobes in relation to one another, which accommodates greater distention and movement of the lobes during respiration. The fissures may be complete, incomplete or absent altogether.
To study the morphology of fissures and lobes, to note the variations, to compare them with previous studies and to find their clinical significances. These lungs were carefully observed for the patterns of lobes, fissures and variations if any were noted.
Morphological study of 42 lungs by dissection method of embalmed cadavers was performed in the Department of Anatomy, Sanithram Medical College, Nandyal.
the present study showed oblique fissure was present in 33% of right lungs and 38% of left lungs. Incomplete horizontal fissure was seen in 33.2% of right sided lungs. 19% of right lung and 9.5% of left lung had accessory lung fissures.
Awareness of the variations in the lobes and fissures of the lungs is important for radiologists for proper radiological interpretation and to clinicians for performing segmental lung resections and lobectomies. This implies that a variety of genetic and environmental factors might affect development of these fissures.
Cadavers, Lobectomy, Fissure, Parenchymal fusion
