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| Bronchopulmonary segments visible but not labeled. |
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Each of the tertiary bronchi serves a specific bronchopulmonary segment. These segments each have their own artery. Thus, each bronchopulmonary segment is supplied by a bronchus, and an artery.
There are 10 bronchopulmonary segments on Right Lobe lung (3 in right superior lobe, 2 in middle right lobe, 5 in right inferior lobe) and 9 bronchopulmonary segments on Left Lobe( 4 in left superior lobe, 5 in left inferior lobe). Each of which is separated from the others by a layer of connective tissue.
This means that each bronchopulmonary segment is a discrete anatomical and functional unit, and this separation mean that a bronchopulmonary segment can be surgically removed without affecting the function of the other segments.
Bronchopulmonary segments of right lung
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- superior lobe
- apical
- posterior
- anterior
- middle lobe
- inferior lobe
- superior
- medial-basal
- anterior-basal
- lateral-basal
- posterior-basal
Bronchopulmonary segments of left lung
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- superior lobe
- apico-posterior (merger of "apical" and "posterior")
- anterior
- lingula of superior lobe
- inferior lingular
- superior lingular
- inferior lobe
- superior
- medial basal (merger of "anterior basal" and "medial basal")
- posterior basal
- anterior basal
- lateral basal
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