Slide 52s: Lung

This very low magnification image of a section of mammalian lung shows the main features of the lung. In the center of the image is a segmental bronchus, with a wavy wall. To its immediate left is a bronchial vein. Located below and to the right of the bronchus is a terminal bronchiole, which leads to a respiratory bronchiole, which, in turn gives rise to a branching tree of alveolar ducts. Other alveolar ducts are present elsewhere in the section along with numerous alveoli, which occupy most of the area of the image

Copyright Paul B. Bell, Jr. & Barbara Safiejko-Mroczka

The University of Oklahoma

Version 010603

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