- The
bronchioles or
bronchioli (pronounced bron-kee-oh-lee) are the
smaller branches of the
bronchial airways in the
lower respiratory tract. They include...
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tertiary (segmental) bronchi, that
branch into
smaller airways called bronchioles that
eventually connect with tiny
specialized structures called alveoli...
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bronchi and
bronchioles, and
which receive air
breathed in via the
conducting zone. The
conducting zone ends at the
terminal bronchioles.
These divide...
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located in the
respiratory bronchioles that mark the
beginning of the
respiratory zone. They are
located sp****ly in
these bronchioles, line the
walls of the...
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lesions are 2–4 cm in diameter, grey-yellow, dry,
often centered on a
bronchiole,
poorly delimited, and with the
tendency to confluence,
especially in...
- the
lumen of the
bronchiole by
mucoid exudate,
goblet cell metaplasia,
epithelial ba****t
membrane thickening and
severe inflammation of
bronchiole....
- risk.
Outside of this context,
atelectasis implies some
blockage of a
bronchiole or bronchus,
which can be
within the
airway (foreign body,
mucus plug)...
- into
numerous smaller tubes, the
bronchioles. In birds, the
bronchioles are
termed parabronchi. It is the
bronchioles, or
parabronchi that
generally open...
- (conducting zone)
conducting bronchiole (conducting zone)
terminal bronchiole (conducting zone)
respiratory bronchiole (transitional
respiratory zone)...
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includes the
nostrils of the nose, the larynx, trachea, bronchi, and
bronchioles—filters,
warms and
moistens air and
conducts it into the lungs). The...
