aortic sulcus

aortic impression of left lung

a broad deep groove on the medial aspect of the left lung above and behind the hilum receiving the arch of the aorta and the thoracic aorta. Synonym(s): aortic sulcus, impressio aortica pulmonis sinistri, sulcus aorticus

aortic sulcus

An obsolete term that formerly dignified a wide arched groove on the medial surface of the left lung that forms the "bed" of the arch and descending part of the aorta.