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
Term information
- FMA:7414
human_reference_atlas
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.