respiratory bronchiole

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The smallest subdivision of a bronchiole, connecting a terminal bronchiole to an alveolar duct.

respiratory bronchiole.

See bronchiole.

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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