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Concept information

Preferred term

bronchioles

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information The small airways branching off the tertiary bronchi. Terminal bronchioles lead into several orders of respiratory bronchioles which in turn lead into alveolar ducts and then into pulmonary alveoli.

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https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/266347

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