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Bronchiole

Introduction: Bronchiole

Description of Bronchiole

Bronchiole: [TA] One of approximately six generations of increasingly finer subdivisions of the bronchi, all smaller than 1 mm in diameter, and having no cartilage in its wall, but relatively abundant smooth muscle and elastic fibers. SYN: bronchiolus [TA].
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Bronchiole: A tiny branch of air tubes in the lungs.
Source: National Institute of Health

Bronchiole: any of the smallest bronchial ducts; ending in alveoli.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Bronchiole: smaller airways in the lungs; minute subdivisions of the bronchi that terminate in the alveoli (oxygen exchange apparatus).
Source: CRISP

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Broader terms for Bronchiole

Source - CRISP

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Bronchiole

The following list attempts to classify Bronchiole into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

  • canal,channel,duct,epithelial duct
  • passage,passageway
  • anatomical structure,bodily structure,body structure,complex body part,structure
  • body part
  • part,piece
  • thing
  • entity

Source: WordNet 2.1

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