BRONCHIOLE

Bronchiole

The bronchioles or bronchioli are the passageways by which the air passes through the nose or mouth to the air sacs of the lungs in which branches no longer contain cartilage or glands in their submucosa. They are branches of the bronchi.

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bronchiole

Noun

  1. Any of the small branches of a bronchus.


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