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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.
From the word bronchos by which the Greeks referred to the conduits to the lungs.
A bronchus (plural bronchi, adjective bronchial) is an airway in the respiratory tract of air-breathing vertebrates that branches from the trachea (windpipe) and conducts ...
bronchus /bron·chus/ (brong´kus) pl. bron´chi [L.] one of the larger passages conveying air to a lung (right or left primary bronchus) and within the lungs (lobar ...
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( brÅng ' kÉ™s ) n. , pl. , -chi ( -kÄ« ' , -kÄ“ ' ). Either of two main branches of the trachea, leading directly to ...
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 ...
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