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bronchus
(redirected from Right mainstem bronchi)

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bronchus: see lungs lungs, elastic organs used for breathing in vertebrate animals, excluding most fish, which use gills , and a few amphibian species that respire through the skin. The word is sometimes applied to the respiratory apparatus of lower animals.
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bronchus
either of the two main branches of the trachea, which contain cartilage within their walls

bronchus [′bräŋ·kəs]
(anatomy)
Either of the two primary branches of the trachea or any of the bronchi's pulmonary branches having cartilage in their walls.


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