bronchi

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R.S.V. predominantly affects the small airways, called bronchioles, that branch off from bronchi in the lungs.

From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2022

Likewise, if ventilation is less than perfusion, the arterioles constrict and the bronchioles dilate to correct the imbalance.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

In humans, bronchioles with a diameter smaller than 0.5 mm are the respiratory bronchioles.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

At the bronchioles, the cartilage is replaced with elastic fibers.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

All that the affection consists in is a spasm of the bronchioles and as soon as that lets up, the patient will be himself again.

From Health Through Will Power by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)