Alveolar duct
The part of the respiratory passages distal to the respiratory bronchiole; from it arise alveolar sacs and alveoli, the smallest of the intralobular ducts in the mammary gland, into which the secretory alveoli open.
Synonym: ductulus alveolaris.
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