Respiratory System - Page 3

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Last updated 30 March 2006

Terminal portion of respiratory tree
Terminal portion of respiratory tree Elastic van
Gieson. 40x
T=terminal bronchioles R=resp. bronchioles
A=alveoli AD=alveolar ducts
AS=alveolar sacs

Burkitt, Young, Heath (1993) Wheater's Functional
Histology 3rd Ed. Fig. 12.12, p. 228

 

Alveoli
Alveoli H&E, Toluidine blue. 480x
P1=pneumocyte type I P2=pneumocyte type II
C=capillaries E=endothelial cells
M=dust cells

Burkitt, Young, Heath (1993) Wheater's Functional
Histology 3rd Ed. Fig. 12.13, p. 229

Michael Tam (c) 1999