In this text, the respiratory tree is taken to mean the branching portion of the respiratory tract within the thoracic cavity:
There may be up to 28 divisions of the bronchial tree beyond the tracheal bifurcation. The proximal divisions are involved with air conduction whereas the latter divisions are adapted to gaseous exchange.
The areas of the lung supplied by successive divisions of the bronchial tree have special terms e.g.:
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