DeCS

Descriptor English:

Bronchioles

Descriptor Spanish:

Bronquiolos

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	bronquiolos
Scope note:	Vías aéreas pequeñas que nacen de la ramificación de los BRONQUIOS TERCIARIOS. Los bronquiolos terminales conducen a los bronquiolos respiratorios de diversos órdenes que, a su vez, terminan en los conductos alveolares y los ALVEOLOS PULMONARES.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Bronquíolos

Descriptor French:

Bronchioles

Entry term(s):

Bronchiole
Bronchioles respiratoires
Bronchioles terminales

Tree number(s):

A04.411.125.500

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055745

Scope note:

The small airways branching off the TERTIARY BRONCHI. Terminal bronchioles lead into several orders of respiratory bronchioles which in turn lead into alveolar ducts and then into PULMONARY ALVEOLI.

Annotation:

inflammation = BRONCHIOLITIS or specifics

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

DeCS ID:

52970

Unique ID:

D055745

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Date Established:

2009/01/01

Date of Entry:

2008/07/08

Revision Date:

2016/06/01