Crossword clues for bronchi
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bronchus \Bron"chus\, n.; pl. Bronchi. [NL., fr. Gr. ? windpipe. Cf. Bronchia.] (Anat.) One of the subdivisions of the trachea or windpipe; esp. one of the two primary divisions.
Bronchi \Bron"chi\, n. pl. (Anat.) See Bronchus. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
n. (plural of bronchus English)
WordNet
See bronchus
n. either of the two main branches of the trachea [syn: bronchial tube]
[also: bronchi (pl)]
Usage examples of "bronchi".
This man has two stab wounds, one of which probably has damaged the hyparterial bronchi, while the other is lower in the lung and probably more serious.
In the trachea, bronchi, and larger bronchial tubes, the stiffness is supplied by rings of cartilage, while in the smaller tubes this is replaced by connective and muscular tissue.
These convey to the lungs blood that has already been supplied with oxygen, passing it into the capillaries in the walls of the bronchi, bronchial tubes, and large blood vessels, as well as the connective tissue between the lobes of the lungs.
Some of the motor fibers supply muscles in the larynx and the throat, and some reach downward to the muscles of the bronchi, to the heart muscle, and to the muscles of most of the digestive tract.
Thus, the sympathetic nerve fibers act to accelerate the heartbeat, dilate the pupil of the eye and the bronchi of the lungs, and inhibit the activity of the smooth muscles of the alimentary canal.
The parasympathetic nerve fibers, on the other hand, act to slow the heartbeat, contract the pupil of the eye and the bronchi of the lungs and stimulate the activity of the alimentary canal muscles.
It dilates the bronchi so that more oxygen can be sucked into the lungs.
I vestigi delle vie consolari che solcavano per tutti i versi quelle pianure e che ricordano il passaggio delle immortali legioni, appena si scorgono tra i bronchi e le rovine che lo ricoprono.
The eyes and nose are most commonly involved, the bronchi frequently, when the disease is called hay-asthma.
In Terran birds the songs and calls are produced in the syrinx, an organ posterior to the larynx, at the junction of the bronchi and the trachea.
Air taken in at the mouth goes down the trachea to the bronchi, which branch.
Vaporized drugs, straight from the matter compiler, were flowing down that tube and into his lungs, working to keep his bronchi from spasming shut.
And finally we come to unmistakable diseases of the nose, larynx, bronchi, and lungs, and I am glad to assure you that no examples of these extreme symptoms have presented themselves tonight.
Auscultation reveals a bubbling, gurgling sound, as the air passes through the matter in the bronchi, with the click, to the air cells beyond.
At the lower end the trachea divides into two branches, called the bronchi, each of which closely resembles it in structure.