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A quantitative ultrastructural study of intra-epithelial axons in the lower respiratory tract of the cat has compared the innervation at four airway levels, two extra- and two intrapulmonary. The morphology of intra-epithelial axons has been described, and their association with different epithelial cell types recorded. Their morphology suggests that most are afferent in function.
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