Collateral respiratory pathways of pulmonary acini in man.
Using corrosion casts of 5 lungs which bronchial tree was filled with plastogen G, four forms of collateral respiratory pathways were seen: the interalveolar, the bronchioloalveolar in the same acinus, the bronchioloalveolar between adjoining acini, and the intersegmental communications.
Department of Normal Anatomy, Academy of Medicine, Lódź.
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D000328:Adult; D016477:Artifacts; D001980:Bronchi / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D016319:Corrosion Casting; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000033:anatomy & histology*