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bronchiole::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | canal, channel, duct, epithelial duct |
| Derivation | bronchiolar |
Examples of bronchiole
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A pulmonary lobule is the portion of the lung ventilated by one bronchiole.
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The terminal bronchiole is the most distal segment of the conducting zone.
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A terminal bronchiole is a bronchiole at the end of the conducting zone.
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Bronchiole, smooth muscle that line the airways of the lung, respond to high carbon dioxide producing vasodilation and vasoconstrict when carbon dioxide is low.
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These responses to carbon dioxide and oxygen by pulmonary blood vessels and bronchiole airway smooth muscle aid in matching perfusion and ventilation within the lungs.
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- Any of the smallest bronchial ducts; ending in alveoli
- (bronchiolar) of or relating to or involving bronchioles
- The bronchioles or bronchioli are the first airway branches that no longer contain cartilage. They are branches of the bronchi. The bronchioles terminate by entering the circular sacs called alveoli.
- Any of the small branches of a bronchus
- (Bronchioles) Air passages that are so small they can be seen only through a microscope. They serve the same purpose as the bronchi.
- (Bronchioles) Small tubules located in the lung cavity.
- (bronchioles) One of approximately six sets of increasingly smaller airways branching from the bronchi.
- (Bronchiolar) to do with the fine, thin-walled, tubular extensions of a bronchus
- Small branch of the bronchus that carries air to and from the alveoli.
