oblique fissure of lung (major fissure)

Introduction

The deep fissure in each lung that runs obliquely downward & forward.

• divides the upper & lower lobe of left lung
• separates the upper & middle lobes from the lower lobe of right lung

More general terms

• fissure (cleft)

Additional terms

• inferior lobe of (left/right) lung, (lower lobe of lung)