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Respiratory System > Lung > Bronchi > Bronchioles

Preferred term

Bronchioles  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Bronchiole

Note

  • inflammation = BRONCHIOLITIS or specifics

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2009; use BRONCHI 1984-2008

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D055745

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