bronchus
bronchus
Definition
bron·chus (bräŋ′kəs)
noun pl. -·chi′-kī′
any of the major air passageways of the lungs; esp., either of the two main branches of the trachea, or windpipe
Etymology: ModL < Gr bronchos, windpipe
bronchus
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- lung: Lung Cancer: - is a malignant tumor of the bronchi of the lungs.
Converse of object
- call: The trachea then divides into two branches called the bronchi, which go into each lung.
- dilate: They act on the B2 receptors of the sympathetic nervous system relaxing bronchial smooth muscle thereby dilating the bronchi.
Adjective modifier
- main: The left main bronchus is more horizontal then the right.
- right: A chest Xray showed a radio-opaque sphere in the area of the right main stem bronchus.
- segmental: Each lobe receives named lobar bronchi dividing them into segmental bronchi that supply the bronchopulmonary segments.
- left: The left main bronchus is more horizontal then the right.
- small: They are in the small bronchi, where many are dying or dead, and also in some adjacent alveoli.
- lobar: Each lobe receives named lobar bronchi dividing them into segmental bronchi that supply the bronchopulmonary segments.
Noun used with modifier
- lobe: However the bronchoscopy also reveals a suspicious mass in the left superior lobe bronchus which is biopsied.
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