1) Air passage of the lung 2) Bronchial tube 3) Cartilaginous tube
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1) Air pipe
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A bronchus, also known as a main or primary bronchus, is a passage of airway in the respiratory tract that conducts air into the lungs. The bronchus branches into smaller tubes, which in turn become bronchioles. No gas exchange takes place in the bronchi. ==Structure== The trachea (windpipe) divides into two main or primary bronchi, the left and t...
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• (n.) One of the subdivisions of the trachea or windpipe; esp. one of the two primary divisions.
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(L.; Gr. bronchos windpipe) any of the larger air passages of the lungs, having an outer fibrous coat with irregularly placed plates of hyaline cartilage, an interlacing network of smooth muscle, and a mucous membrane of columnar ciliated epithelial cells.
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(from the article `human embryology`) ...represents the trachea. Its terminal expansion divides into two branches, and these tubes elongate as the primary bronchi. Continued growth and ... ...adding oxygen to and removing carbon dioxide from the blood. In humans each lung is encased in a thin membranous sac called the pleura, and each ....
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A large airway that leads from the trachea (windpipe) to a lung. The plural of bronchus is bronchi.
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One of the large passages taking air to and within the lungs.
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A large air-tube of the tetrapod lung. Each lung has one large bronchus, connecting it to the trachea. Within the lung the bronchus branches into smaller and smaller bronchi, and finally into bronchioles. A bronchus has cartilage plates, smooth muscle, and mucus-secreting gland-cells in its wall. It...
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any of the larger air passages that connect the trachea (windpipe) to the lungs.
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<anatomy, chest medicine> Any of the larger air passages of the lungs, having an outer fibrous coat with irregularly placed plates of hyaline cartilage, an interlacing network of smooth muscle and a mucous membrane of columnar ciliated epithelial cells. ... Origin: L., Gr. Bronchos = windpipe ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(brong´kәs) pl. bron´chi any of the larger passages that carry air to a lung (right or left principal bronchus) and within the lungs (lobar and segmental bronchi). Click here to view image Bronchi, showing primary, lobar, and seg...
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One of the main tubes that branches off from the windpipe to the lung.
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(Humans as organisms) one of the two tubes into which trachea subdivides as it enters the lungs. The plural of bronchus is bronchi.
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Bron'chus noun ;
plural Bronchi [ New Latin , from Greek ... windpipe. Confer
Bronchia .]
(Anat.) One of the subdivisions of the trachea or windpipe; esp. one of the two primary divisions.
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The air passages between the trachea and the lungs.
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Bronchus: One of the large air tubes leading from the trachea to the lungs that convey air to and from the lungs. The bronchi (the plural) have cartilage as part of their supporting wall structure. The trachea divides to form the right and left main bronchi which, in turn, divide to form the lobar, segmental, and finally the subsegmental bronchi. F...
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(brong;kus) A branch of the trachea that leads to a lung.
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bronchial tube noun either of the two main branches of the trachea
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One of a pair of large tubes (bronchi) branching off from the windpipe (trachea) and passing into the vertebrate lung. Apart from their size, bronchi differ from the bronchioles in possessing cartilaginous rings, which give rigidity and prevent collapse during breathing movements. Numerous glands in the wall of the bronchus secrete a slimy mucus, w...
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derivation unhelpful - a branch of the trachea, adjective - bronchial.
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Any of the larger air passages that connect the trachea (windpipe) to the lungs. The plural form of `bronchus” as `bronchi.”
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either of the two main branches of the trachea. See diag. under
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any of the larger air passages that connect the trachea to the lungs.
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one of two large subdivisions of the trachea through which air passes to and from the lungs.
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