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bronchus
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the upper conducting airways of the lung; these airways arise from the terminus of the trachea [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-397-51047-0 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/cwg ]
Term info
Label
bronchus
Synonyms
- bronchi
- bronchial trunk
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, organ_slim
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external definition
Each of the two primary divisions of the trachea leading respectively into the right and the left lung. [Dorian_AF, Elsevier's_encyclopaedic_dictionary_of_medicine, Part_B:_Anatomy_(1988)_Amsterdam_etc.:_Elsevier][VHOG]
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
bronchial tissue
has relational adjective
bronchial
id
UBERON:0002185
taxon notes
In humans, the main bronchus is histologically identical to trachea; 2ary and 3ary bronchi are not; epithelium becomes simple columnar, goblet cell number decreases, elastic fibers in lamina propria increases, distribution more uniform. Muscular layer between mucosa and submucosa appears. cartilage rings become discontinuous plates connected by fibrous connective tissue
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