Template:Respiratory Postnatal Timeline table
From Embryology
Age (months) | Alveoli (million) | Respiratory Airways (million) | Generations of Airways | |
Birth | 24 | 1.5 | ||
3 | 86 | 1.8 | ||
3 | 77 | 2.5 | 21 | |
3 | 73 | 2.0 | ||
7 | 112 | 3.7 | ||
13 | 129 | 4.5 | 22 | |
16 | 127 | 4.7 | ||
22 | 160 | 7.1 | ||
48 | 257 | 7.9 | ||
98 | 280 | 14.0 | 23 | |
Adult | 296 | 14.0 | 23 | |
Data modified from [1]
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- ↑ Dunnill MS. Postnatal growth of the lung. Thorax 1962;17:329–333.