What external landmark can be used to show the highest point the dome of the right hemidia-phragm reaches in a healthy individual?

a. Fifth rib posteriorly
b. Sixth rib posteriorly
c. Seventh rib posteriorly
d. Eighth rib posteriorly

ANS: D
The highest portion of the right dome sits at the eighth or ninth thoracic vertebra posteriorly and at the fifth rib anteriorly.

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