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Bronchiole
(redirected from Respiratory bronchioles)

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bronchiole /bron·chi·ole/ (brong´ke-ol) one of the finer subdivisions of the branched bronchial tree.
respiratory bronchioles  the final branches of the bronchioles.

bron·chi·ole (brngk-l)
n.
Any of the fine, thin-walled, tubular extensions of a bronchus.

Bronchiole
A thin air passage in the lung that branches off a larger airway.
Mentioned in: Bronchiolitis

bronchiole (brong´kēōl),
n a terminal division of a bronchium.

bronchiole
one of the successively smaller channels (1 mm or less) into which the bronchi divide.

respiratory bronchiole
the final branch of a bronchiole, communicating directly with the alveolar ducts; a subdivision of a terminal bronchiole, it has alveolar outcroppings and itself divides into several alveolar ducts.

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