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tracheobronchial tree

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tree (tre) an anatomic structure with branches resembling a tree.
bronchial tree  the bronchi and their branching structures.
dendritic tree  the branching arrangement of a dendrite.
tracheobronchial tree  the trachea, bronchi, and their branching structures.

tracheobronchial tree (TBT)
[-brong′kē·əl]
Etymology: Gk, tracheia + bronchos, windpipe
an anatomic complex that includes the trachea, bronchi, and bronchial tubes. It conveys air to and from the lungs and is a primary structure in respiration. See also bronchial tree.

tree [tre]
an anatomic structure with branches resembling a tree.
bronchial tree the bronchi and their branching structures; see color plates.
tracheobronchial tree the trachea, bronchi, and their branching structures; see color plates.

tree
1. an anatomical structure with branches resembling a tree.
2. in information science, a decision tree.

bronchial tree
the trachea, bronchi and successive branching generations of the respiratory passages.
tree daffodil
thevetiaperuviana.
decision tree
see decision tree.
tree diagram
see decision tree.
tree lupin
lupinusarboreus.
tree nettle
see urtica.
tree shrew
primitive arboreal mammal that some taxonomists place with the primates. Like squirrels in shape and size. Called also Tupaia spp.
tree snake
a number of colubrid snakes that lead an arboreal existence and practice falling from trees with their body spread out, earning the name of flying snake.
tree tobacco
nicotianaglauca.
tracheobronchial tree
the trachea, bronchi and their branching structures.
tree zamia
cycasarmstrongii, C. media.


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Ascaris, Strongyloides and hookworm on the other hand have a larval stage that, after penetration of skin or mucous membranes, travels through the bloodstream to the lungs and migrates up the tracheobronchial tree, where they are swallowed and take up residence as adult worms in the gastrointestinal tract.
2 Both of these patients exhibited particulate matter filling the bronchial tree as evidenced by radiodense material lining the central tracheobronchial tree in one case and linear radiodense opacities in the other.
The upper aerodigestive tract is conjoined at the pharynx, and this refluxate has the potential to reach all subsites: the oral cavity and oropharynx; the sinonasal cavity, nasopharynx, and middle ear; and the larynx and tracheobronchial tree.
 
 
 
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