Innervation of alveolar walls in the human lung: an electron microscopic study.
Unmyelinated nerve fibres, probably sensory in type, are present in the human alveolar wall. It is possible that these fibres may be associated with juxta-capillary receptors which have been identified on physiological grounds in animals.
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