bifurcation (redirected from tracheal bifurcation)

bifurcation /bi·fur·ca·tion/ (bi″fer-ka´shun)

1. a division into two branches.

2. the point at which division into two branches occurs.

Carotid bifurcation: the site of division of the common carotid artery into the external and internal carotid arteries.

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bi·fur·ca·tion (bfr-kshn)

n.

A division into two branches; a forking.

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bifurcation

[bī′fərkā′shən]

Etymology: L, bis + furca, fork

a splitting into two branches, such as the trachea, which branches into the two bronchi.

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bifurcation (bī´furkā´shn),

n the division of a tooth's roots into two parts or branches.

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bifurcation

1. a division into two branches.

2. the point at which division into two branches occurs.

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tracheal bifurcation

termination of the trachea, where it divides into two principal bronchi.