Template:Respiratory Postnatal Timeline table

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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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  1. Dunnill MS. Postnatal growth of the lung. Thorax 1962;17:329–333.