All of the following are characteristics of a bronchopulmonary segment except
The bronchopulmonary segments are not drained by independent branch of pulmonary vein. The tributaries of the pulmonary vein tend to pass intersegmentally between and around the margins of segments. A bronchopulmonary segment is the area of lung supplied by a segmental bronchus and its accompanying pulmonary aery branch (Option B) and can be resected surgically (Option A). It is the largest division of a lobe. Ref: Gray&;s Anatomy 41st edition Pgno: 960
It is surgically resectable
It is named according to the segmental bronchus supplying it
It is drained by independent intrasegmental branch of pulmonary vein
It is the largest subdivision of a lobe
Thorax