bronchi

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However, it rarely affects the bronchi and alveoli in the lungs.

From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2023

In severe asthma, the bronchi become chronically inflamed and constricted.

From Scientific American • May 4, 2023

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

Each bronchus divides into secondary bronchi, then into tertiary bronchi, which in turn divide, creating smaller and smaller diameter bronchioles as they split and spread through the lung.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

In consequence of the former paralysis, deglutition becomes difficult; fluids are expelled through the nose or enter the larynx and bronchi, thereby giving rise to pneumonia; in the latter there is strabismus.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various