bronchial tubes

plural noun

bronchial tubes

The system of tubelike structures that connects the trachea to the lungs . ( See respiratory system .)

Similar cells are found in some part of most of the internal organs, including the bronchial tubes.

A view of the lower part of the trachea, dividing into the main bronchial tubes, which again branch into a tree-like form.

The bronchial tubes are the continuation of the windpipe, and branch tree-like until they become very fine.

Asthma is essentially a spasm of the muscular tissue which is contained in the smaller bronchial tubes.

The mucous membrane of the bronchial tubes was thickened, and slightly ulcerated.

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