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secondary pulmonary lobule

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0010369


A unit of lung supplied by three to five terminal bronchioles and contained by fibrous septa. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3259815 ]

Synonyms: lobulus pulmonis secondarius

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UBPROP 0000001

a pyramidal mass of lung tissue with sides that are bounded by the incomplete interlobular connective tissue septa and with a base, which is 1-2 cm in diameter, which usually faces the pleural surface of the lung; lobules that occupy a more central position in the lung are not well defined and are considered to consist of three to five pulmonary acini with proximate terminal bronchioles.

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UBERON:0010369

prefLabel

secondary pulmonary lobule, Secondary pulmonary lobule

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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

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