[The characteristics of the bronchopulmonary lymph nodes situated along the pathway of lymph flow from human lungs at different periods of postnatal ontogeny].

Histological slices of the bronchopulmonary lymph nodes have been stained after van Gieson, azur-II eosin, hematoxylin-eosin, silver nitrate impregnation after Foot. Certain peculiarities of their structure have been revealed. For intersegmental lymph nodes a narrow lumen of the marginal sinus (13.2 +/- 1.3 mcm), small amount of lymphoid noduli in the cortex (10.8 +/- 1.0 per section) are specific. Lobular and portal lymph nodes have a wider lumen of the marginal sinus (15.9 +/- 1.6 mcm) and greater amount of the lymphoid noduli in the cortex (17.5 +/- 1.6 per section), the latter situating in two or three rows.