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Definition of Bronchus

1. Noun. Either of the two main branches of the trachea.

Definition of Bronchus

1. n. One of the subdivisions of the trachea or windpipe; esp. one of the two primary divisions.

Definition of Bronchus

1. Noun. Either of two airways, which are primary branches of the trachea, leading directly into the lungs. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bronchus

1. a tracheal branch [n -CHI]

Medical Definition of Bronchus

1. Any of the larger air passages of the lungs, having an outer fibrous coat with irregularly placed plates of hyaline cartilage, an interlacing network of smooth muscle and a mucous membrane of columnar ciliated epithelial cells. Origin: L., Gr. Bronchos = windpipe This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Bronchus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1919)
"Firm fibrous stricture of stem bronchus, with slit-like lumen, ... On passing bronchos- cope bronchus was found completely occluded by fibrous tissue. ..."

2. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"In its course each bronchus gives oif four ventral and four dorsal branches, the right bronchus also giving off an additional or accessory bronchus, ..."

3. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1903)
"The first collateral branch arises from the right bronchus much nearer the trachea than in the case of the left bronchus. Taking this as indicating the ..."

4. Text-book of normal histology: including an account of the development of by George Arthur Piersol (1904)
"According to Miller, the distal extremity of the terminal bronchus communicates with several ... Section of portion of bronchus of child : a, epithelium; 6, ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1891)
"The bronchus was not thoroughly cleared from the surrounding structures before ... Anterior part of the bronchus of the left upper lobe exposed and cleared, ..."

6. Textbook of Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1905)
"The first collateral branch arises from the right bronchus, much nearer the trachea than in the case of the left bronchus. ..."

7. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"Its termination is ata inch lower than that of the right bronchus. The left bronchus a over the front of the gullet and descending aorta: the arch aorta ..."

8. The Diseases of Infancy and Childhood: For the Use of Students and by Luther Emmett Holt (1897)
"In the centre of the pie- tmv i- seen n Binali bronchus, B, ... E is another smaller bronchus. Throughout the lung everywhere a puttying the small bronchi ..."

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