Definition of Bronchial tube

1. Noun. Either of the two main branches of the trachea.

Exact synonyms: Bronchus
Group relationships: Lower Respiratory Tract
Generic synonyms: Cartilaginous Tube
Derivative terms: Bronchial

Definition of Bronchial tube

1. Noun. A bronchus ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bronchial Tube

bronchial artery
bronchial asthma
bronchial atresia
bronchial breathing
bronchial bud
bronchial calculus
bronchial fistula
bronchial fremitus
bronchial glands
bronchial hyperreactivity
bronchial pneumonia
bronchial polyp
bronchial provocation tests
bronchial respiration
bronchial spasm
bronchial tube
bronchial tubes
bronchial vein
bronchial veins
bronchial voice
bronchially
bronchic
bronchic cells
bronchiectases
bronchiectasia
bronchiectasia sicca
bronchiectatic
bronchiloquy
bronchioalveolar

Literary usage of Bronchial tube

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on human physiology by John Call Dalton (1871)
"78. this current, and a double stream of air therefore is established in each bronchial tube ; one current ..."

2. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"Each of the smaller subdivisions of the bronchi enters a pulmonary lobule, and is termed a lobular bronchial tube or bronchiole. ..."

3. A System of Practical Medicine by William Pepper, Louis Starr (1885)
"Enlargement of the calibre of a bronchial tube or tubes, ... The change in the physical condition and size of a bronchial tube, designated as bronchial ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1895)
"The position of the superior bronchial tube of the right side varies little in most individuals, but it sometimes takes its origin higher than is shown here ..."

5. Manual of physiology by William Senhouse Kirkes (1857)
"... The bronchial tube belonging to each lung passes into its substance, dividing and subdividing, but without anastomosis, and sending branches to every ..."

6. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1836)
"In some rare instances a bronchial tube escapes for some time destruction, notwithstanding the dissolution of the tubercular mass by which it is penetrated; ..."

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