Alveolar duct


alveolar duct

alveolar duct n.

the part of the respiratory p-ssages beyond the respiratory bronchioles, from which the alveolar sacs and alveoli arise.

the smallest of the intralobular ducts in the mammary gland, into which the secretory alveoli open.

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