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Descriptor English: Bronchi
Descriptor Spanish: Bronquios
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): Bronchi, Primary
Bronchi, Secondary
Bronchi, Tertiary
Bronchus
Bronchus, Primary
Bronchus, Secondary
Bronchus, Tertiary
Primary Bronchi
Primary Bronchus
Secondary Bronchi
Secondary Bronchus
Tertiary Bronchi
Tertiary Bronchus
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 abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Related: Bronchoconstrictor Agents MeSH
Bronchodilator Agents MeSH
Bronchography MeSH
Bronchoscopy MeSH
DeCS ID: 2010
Unique ID: D001980
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/08/09
Bronchi - Preferred
Concept UI M0002960
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.
Preferred term Bronchi
Entry term(s) Bronchus
Secondary Bronchi - Narrower
Concept UI M0519929
Preferred term Secondary Bronchi
Entry term(s) Bronchi, Secondary
Bronchus, Secondary
Secondary Bronchus
Tertiary Bronchi - Narrower
Concept UI M0519930
Preferred term Tertiary Bronchi
Entry term(s) Bronchi, Tertiary
Bronchus, Tertiary
Tertiary Bronchus
Primary Bronchi - Narrower
Concept UI M0519928
Preferred term Primary Bronchi
Entry term(s) Bronchi, Primary
Bronchus, Primary
Primary Bronchus



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