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Figure 2
(A) Shows a photograph of the pleural surface of the lung where the
boundary of a secondary lobule is outlined by connective tissue septa indicated by
the unlabeled arrow. Several terminal bronchioles (TB) can be seen and the fine tuft
labeled RB represents the first generation of respiratory bronchioles. (B) Shows a
photomicrograph of the histology of a single terminal bronchiole supplying respira-
tory bronchiole. An alveolar duct is shown in the box.
