what is the function of the oblique fissure
FREE subscriptions for doctors and students... You have 3 open access pages. The oblique fissures divide the lung on both sides into upper and lower lobes. The upper lobe on the right is further subdivided by the horizontal fissure into definitive upper lobe - above the fissure - and middle lobe - below the fissure. The fissures extend from the surface of the lung to its hilum. Along this route, visceral pleura apposes visceral pleura.