Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy of the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta).
Using a flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope, 10 rhesus monkeys were bronchoscoped 30 times without complication. The bronchoscopic anatomy was found to be similar to that of the human except for the presence of a right cardiac lobe in the monkey.
D000818:Animals; D001980:Bronchi / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D000882:Haplorhini; D008168:Lung / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008251:Macaca / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000033:anatomy & histology*