Respiratory System page 15

Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli, Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
LIGHT-MICROSCOPIC HISTOLOGY ATLAS

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10.15 Lung

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Section of a lung of a dog.

(Top left) This field shows a respiratory bronchiole (B) connected to branching alveolar ducts (*) of decreasing size.

These ducts are delimited by knobs of smooth muscle fibres (arrowheads). In three dimensions these knobs are parts of networks as illustrated in Figure 10.14.
(View figures 10.14 and 10.15 side by side.)

These alveolar ducts open into groups of interconnected alveoli (Al).

A large vessel (V) next to the bronchiole is also labelled.

Stain: Iron hematoxylin-E
Magnification: ×60

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