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respiratory diverticulum
(redirected from Lung buds)

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respiratory diverticulum,
a pouchlike protrusion from the foregut that gives rise to the trachea, bronchi, and the branches that form the tracheobronchial tree.


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28 days, 4 to 6 mm), the respiratory diverticulum, trachea, and the right and left lung buds are evident.
This fact supports the idea that congenital lesions, which are usually symptomatic early in life, arise from vestigial bronchi or lung buds.
 
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