Question 1 from the second paper of 2005 asks the candidate to describe this anatomy: " Describe the anatomy of the tracheobronchial tree, as seen down a bronchoscope inserted via an endotracheal tube."
In short, these are the landmarks one encounters when performing a bronchoscopy.
- Right main bronchus
- right upper lobe bronchus at 12 o'clock
- branches to the apical, anterior and posterior segments
- right bronchus intermedius
- right middle lobe bronchus
- 3 branches: to the right middle medial and lateral segments
- right lower lobe bronchus
- apical segment of the lower lobe
- four basal segments: medial, lateral, anterior and posterior
- right middle lobe bronchus
- right upper lobe bronchus at 12 o'clock
- Left main bronchus
- left upper lobe bronchus
- superior division
- apicoposterior and anterior segments
- lingular division
- superior and anterior segments
- superior division
- left lower lobe bronchus
- apical segment of the lower lobe
- three basal segments: lateral, anterior, and posterior.
- left upper lobe bronchus
References
LITFL have some excellent bronchoscopy videos.
Educational resources for bronchoscopy are available from the wonderful website of the American Thoracic Society.
Additionally, ThoracicAnaesthesia.com has a full-on virtual bronchoscopy simulator which is essentially a Flash-based game, and which is disturbingly fun to play with.
Lastly, bronchoscopy.org is probably the definitive resource for all this, and represents the pinnacle of bronchoscopic excellence. Their bronchoscopic anatomy poster is the best thing ever.