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Respiratory System > Lung > Bronchi > Bronchioles

Preferred term

Bronchioles  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The small airways branching off the TERTIARY BRONCHI. Terminal bronchioles lead into several orders of respiratory bronchioles which in turn lead into alveolar ducts and then into PULMONARY ALVEOLI.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Bronchiole

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-V8JGDBKR-Z

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