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bronchial tree

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bronchial tree [′bräŋ·kē·əl ′trē]
(anatomy)
The arborization of the bronchi of the lung, considered as a structural and functional unit.


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These cartilage plates become fewer along the length of the bronchial tree as the primary bronchi divide and produce generations of smaller bronchi.
Viruses such as coronarvirus, adenovirus, or a rhinovirus, that attack the lining of the bronchial tree is one of the major causes of bronchitis.
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.
 
 
 
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