Bronchopulmonary segment
Bronchopulmonary segments visible but not labeled.

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 in the right lung (3 in superior lobe, 2 in middle lobe, 5 in inferior lobe) and 8-10 segments on the left (4-5 in upper lobe, 4-5 in lower lobe). Each segment 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 means that a bronchopulmonary segment can be surgically removed without affecting the function of the other segments.

[edit] Bronchopulmonary segments of right lung

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• superior lobe
  • apical
  • posterior
  • anterior
• middle lobe
  • lateral
  • medial
• inferior lobe
  • superior
  • medial-basal
  • anterior-basal
  • lateral-basal
  • posterior-basal

[edit] 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
  • anteromedial basal (merger of "anterior basal" and "medial basal")
  • posterior basal
  • lateral basal

[edit] External links

• Bronchopulmonary+segment at eMedicine Dictionary
• 1100611643 at GPnotebook
• Photo at ccccd.edu
• SUNY Labs 19:st-1001 - "Pleural Cavities and Lungs: Bronchopulmonary segments"
• Illustration at uams.edu
• Sealy W, Connally S, Dalton M (1993). "Naming the bronchopulmonary segments and the development of pulmonary surgery.". Ann Thorac Surg 55 (1): 184–8. PMID 8417676. 
• Mnemonic at medicalmnemonics.com 1049 1782

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