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Normally, there are ten bronchopulmonary segments in the right lung. These are described by a standard nomenclature: individual segments are numbered from the apex of the lung passing inferiorly.
In a large percentage of the population there is an accessory bronchopulmonary segment, the subapical segment, in the inferior lobe.
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