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loading...| Preferred Name | acinus | |
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A structural unit of the lung distal to a terminal bronbronchiole and is supplied by first-order respiratory bronchioles; it contains alveolar ducts and alveoli. It is the largest unit in which all airways participate in gas exchange and is approximately 6–10 mm in diameter. [Fleischner Society] |
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http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID28539 |
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A structural unit of the lung distal to a terminal bronbronchiole and is supplied by first-order respiratory bronchioles; it contains alveolar ducts and alveoli. It is the largest unit in which all airways participate in gas exchange and is approximately 6–10 mm in diameter. [Fleischner Society] |
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RID28539 |
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acinus |
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RID1:RID28539 |
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acinus |
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Fleischner Society |
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