Right lower lobe bronchus

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The right lower lobe bronchus is a lobar (secondary) bronchus that is the continuation of the bronchus intermedius distally to the origin of the right middle lobe bronchus.

Gross anatomy

The segmental bronchi divisions and bronchopulmonary segments supplied of the right lower lobe bronchus are as follows:

superior (apical)
medial basal (cardiac)
anterior basal
lateral basal
posterior basal

Blood supply

right bronchial artery
right bronchial veins and azygos vein