单词 | pulmonary acinus |
释义 | > as lemmaspulmonary acinus c. More fully pulmonary acinus. A structural and functional unit of the lung consisting of a terminal branch of a bronchiole with its associated alveolar ducts and alveoli. ΚΠ 1879 Lancet 29 Nov. 813/2 The ampullæ, by their union, form an acinus, and the acini, by their union, constitute the lobule, a small polyhedral mass of about one centimetre in diameter. 1947 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 47 741/2 Once the tuberculous process is established, it may spread..direct from acinus to acinus. 2002 T. D. Tetley in W. Caan & J. de Belleroche Drink, Drugs & Dependence viii. 97 Anatomically, the area affected [by emphysema] is the respiratory acinus. < as lemmas |
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