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lobar bronchus
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002183
The lobar bronchus is the major airway within the respiratory tree that starts by division of the principal bronchi on both sides and ends at the point of its own subdivision into tertiary or segmental bronchi[GO]. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0060482 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_bronchus ]
Term info
Label
lobar bronchus
Synonyms
- bronchi lobaris
- secondary bronchus
Subsets
uberon_slim, organ_slim, human_reference_atlas
RO 0002175
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Illu_quiz_lung05.jpg
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
lobar bronchi, secondary bronchi
id
UBERON:0002183
structure notes
They have relatively large lumens that are lined by respiratory epithelium. There is a smooth muscle layer below the epithelium arranged as two ribbons of muscle that spiral in opposite directions. This smooth muscle layer contains seromucous glands. Irregularly arranged plates of hyaline cartilage surround the smooth muscle. These plates give structural support to the bronchus and maintain the patency of the lumen.