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The Cartilaginous Skeleton of the Bronchial Tree

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  • © 1973

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Authors:
  1. Ferdinand Vanpeperstraete

    1. Department of Anatomy and Comparative Anatomy, State University, Gent, Belgium

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Part of the book series: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology (ADVSANAT, volume 48/3)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-7
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 8-9

  3. Historical Review

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    Pages 9-12

  4. Method und Material

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    Pages 12-16

  5. The Adult Human Bronchial Tree

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    Pages 16-20

  6. The Lower Part of the Trachea

    • Ferdinand Vanpeperstraete
    Pages 20-22

  7. The Tracheal Bifurcation

    • Ferdinand Vanpeperstraete
    Pages 22-28

  8. The Main Bronchi

    • Ferdinand Vanpeperstraete
    Pages 29-35

  9. The Lobar Bronchi

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    Pages 35-48

  10. The Pulmonary Hilum

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    Pages 48-54

  11. Foetal Studies

    • Ferdinand Vanpeperstraete
    Pages 54-62

  12. Age and Sex

    • Ferdinand Vanpeperstraete
    Pages 62-62

  13. Animal Studies

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    Pages 62-71

  14. Morphogenesis

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    Pages 71-72

  15. Summary

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    Pages 72-73

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 73-80
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A review of the publications, dealing with the morphology of the cartilages of the tracheo-bronchial tree, shows how scarce they are and how fragmentary the contributions based on research. Isolated parts only of the bronchial tree have been investigated, mostly in single specimens or small series. Anatomical textbooks merely state that the trachea and main bronchi are supported by rings and the more distal branches by irregular, circumferentially placed plates which become smaller towards the periphery, until they disappear in the bronchioli. It is at once obvious that this old-time view is not only superficial, but it leaves one completely ignorant about the site where rings cease and plates begin. No information is available about the arrangement of cartilages around the bifurcations of the main bronchi and contradictory descriptions are given about the cartilaginous architecture of the lobar bronchi. A more searching study reveals that cartilages are hardly mentioned in the huge amount of literature on bronchial anatomy which has accumulated since 1880. It is therefore not exagerated to say that the study of this subject has been grossly neglected.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Anatomy and Comparative Anatomy, State University, Gent, Belgium

    Ferdinand Vanpeperstraete

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Cartilaginous Skeleton of the Bronchial Tree

  • Authors: Ferdinand Vanpeperstraete

  • Series Title: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95252-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 1973

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-06536-4Published: 28 January 1974

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-95252-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0301-5556

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-7065

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 80

  • Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Pneumology/Respiratory System, Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology

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