Left superior lobar bronchus
Bronchus lobaris superior sinister
Definition
The two main bronchi (right an left) give 5 lobar bronchi (for the 5 pulmonary lobes) that thent divide into 20 segmental bronchi (for the 20 segments of the lung):
- Right superior lobar bronchus
- Apical segmental bronchus[B I]
- Posterior segmental bronchus [B II]
- Anterior segmental bronchus [B III]
- Middle lobar bronchus
- Lateral segmental bronchus [B IV]
- Medial segmental bronchus[B V]
- Right inferior lobar bronchus
- Intermediate bronchus (term not include in Terminologia Anatomica but widely used)
- Superior segmental bronchus [B VI]
- Medial basal segmental bronchus B VII
- Anterior basal segmental bronchus [B VIII]
- Lateral basal segmental bronchus [B IX]
- Posterior basal segmental bronchus [B X]
- Left superior lobar bronchus
- Apicoposterior segmental bronchus [B I + II]
- Anterior segmental bronchus [B III]
- Superior lingular bronchus [B IV]
- Inferior lingular bronchus [B V]
- Left inferior lobar bronchus
- Superior segmental bronchus [B VI]
- Medial basal segmental bronchus [B VIII]
- Anterior basal segmental bronchus [B VIII]
- Lateral basal segmental bronchus [B IX]
- Posterior basal segmental bronchus [B X]