terminal sacs

terminal sacs
thin-walled dilatations that develop at the ends of the respiratory bronchioles during fetal development; they develop a close relationship with the capillaries and their appearance marks the point at which limited respiration becomes possible. Called also primitive or primordial alveoli and terminal saccules.

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