- The
bronchioles (/ˈbrɑːŋkioʊls/ BRONG-kee-ohls) are the
smaller branches of the
bronchial airways in the
lower respiratory tract. They
include the terminal...
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tertiary (segmental) bronchi, that
branch into
smaller airways called bronchioles that
eventually connect with tiny
specialized structures called alveoli...
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membranous bronchioles. The
conducting zone of the
respiratory tract ends at the
terminal bronchioles when they
branch into the
respiratory bronchioles. This...
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lesions are 2–4 cm in diameter, grey-yellow, dry,
often centered on a
bronchiole,
poorly delimited, and with the
tendency to confluence,
especially in...
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located in the
respiratory bronchioles that mark the
beginning of the
respiratory zone. They are
located sp****ly in
these bronchioles, line the
walls of the...
- (centrilobular) in the lung, the area
around the
terminal bronchiole and the
first respiratory bronchiole, and can be seen on
imaging as an area
around the tip...
- and
bronchioles). Air flow in air p****ages can get
restricted in
three ways: a
spasmodic state of the
smooth muscles in
bronchi and
bronchioles an inflammation...
- into
numerous smaller tubes, the
bronchioles. In birds, the
bronchioles are
termed parabronchi. It is the
bronchioles, or
parabronchi that
generally open...
- risk.
Outside of this context,
atelectasis implies some
blockage of a
bronchiole or bronchus,
which can be
within the
airway (foreign body,
mucus plug)...
- the
lumen of the
bronchiole by
mucoid exudate,
goblet cell metaplasia,
epithelial ba****t
membrane thickening and
severe inflammation of
bronchiole....
