| terminal bronchiole n. The last portion of the nonrespiratory conducting airway, which subdivides into respiratory bronchioles. |
terminal bronchiole.
See bronchiole.
bronchiole [brong´ke-ōl]
one of the successively smaller channels into which the segmental bronchi divide within the bronchopulmonary segments. adj., adj bronchi´olar.
respiratory b's the final branches of the bronchioles, communicating directly with the alveolar ducts; they are subdivisions of terminal bronchioles, have alveolar outcroppings, and themselves divide into several alveolar ducts.
( and see color plates.)Respiratory bronchiole. From Dorland's 2000.
terminal bronchiole the last portion of a bronchiole that does not contain alveoli, i.e., one whose sole function is gas conduction; it subdivides into respiratory bronchioles.
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