Root of the lung

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Root of the lung
Mediastinal surface of right lung.
Mediastinal surface of left lung.
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Identifiers
Latin	radix pulmonis
TA98	A06.5.01.016
TA2	3278
FMA	268155
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The root of the lung is a group of structures that emerge at the hilum of each lung, just above the middle of the mediastinal surface and behind the cardiac impression of the lung. It is nearer to the back (posterior border) than the front (anterior border). The root of the lung is connected by the structures that form it to the heart and the trachea.^[1] The rib cage is separated from the lung by a two-layered membranous coating, the pleura. The hilum is the large triangular depression where the connection between the parietal pleura (covering the rib cage) and the visceral pleura (covering the lung) is made, and this marks the meeting point between the mediastinum and the pleural cavities.