Bronchiole (redirected from Respiratory bronchioles)

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

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respiratory bronchioles  the final branches of the bronchioles.

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bron·chi·ole (brngk-l)

n.

Any of the fine, thin-walled, tubular extensions of a bronchus.

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Bronchiole

A thin air passage in the lung that branches off a larger airway.

Mentioned in: Bronchiolitis

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bronchiole (brong´kēōl),

n a terminal division of a bronchium.

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bronchiole

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

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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.