respiratory bronchiole
A bronchiole that is the first segment of the respiratory zone. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respiratory_bronchiole https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0123813611 ]
Term info
respiratory bronchiole
- bronchiolus respiratorii
- bronchiolus respiratorius
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uberon
UBERON:0002188
mice have few or none of these structures, with the terminal bronchioles transitioning directly to the alveolary ducts
Term relations
- bronchiole
- distally connected to some pulmonary alveolar duct
- proximally connected to some terminal bronchiole
- part of some pulmonary acinus
- contributes to morphology of some pulmonary acinus