Bronchopulmonary segment

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 segmental bronchus, and two arteries, a pulmonary artery and a bronchial artery which run together through the center of the segment. Veins and lymphatics drain along the edges.

There are 10 bronchopulmonary segments in the right lung (3 in superior lobe, 2 in middle lobe, 5 in inferior lobe) and 8 segments on the left (4 in upper lobe, 4 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.

Delineation of the bronchopulmonary segments was made by Dr. John Franklin Huber, Dr. Chevalier Jackson and Dr. Charles M. Norris at Temple University Hospital.

§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

§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

§References

§External links

• Bronchopulmonary Segments in 3D by Pauley Chea, MD
• 1100611643 at GPnotebook
• Anatomy photo:19:st-1001 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "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): 184â€"8. doi:10.1016/0003-4975(93)90507-E. PMID 8417676. 
• MedicalMnemonics.com: 1049 1782

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