DeCS

Descriptor English:

Bronchi

Descriptor Spanish:

Bronquios

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	bronquios
Scope note:	Vías aéreas grandes de los pulmones que derivan de la bifurcación terminal de la TRÁQUEA. Incluyen los dos grandes bronquios primarios que se ramifican para dar lugar a los bronquios secundarios, y los bronquios terciarios que se extienden hasta los BRONQUIOLOS y los ALVEOLOS PULMONARES.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Brônquios

Descriptor French:

Bronches

Entry term(s):

Bronche

Tree number(s):

A04.411.125

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001980

Scope note:

The larger air passages of the lungs arising from the terminal bifurcation of the TRACHEA. They include the largest two primary bronchi which branch out into secondary bronchi, and tertiary bronchi which extend into BRONCHIOLES and PULMONARY ALVEOLI.

Annotation:

inflammation = BRONCHITIS; dilatation = BRONCHIECTASIS; bronchial tuberculosis or tuberculous bronchitis: index under TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY & not also under BRONCHI or BRONCHITIS unless particularly discussed

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie