Modern concepts of constitutional and X-ray anatomy of the chest in adolescents and adults

The review presents the analysis of domestic and foreign literature, selecting the available scientific data on the features of constitutional and X-ray anatomy of the chest in adolescents and adults. The size and shape of the chest depends on age, sex and anthropometric parameters: height, body mass index, and also the presence of concomitant pathology. These patterns are characteristic of individual anatomical structures of the chest: sternum,...