A bronchiole that is the first segment of the respiratory zone. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respiratory_bronchiole https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0123813611 ]
Synonyms: bronchiolus respiratorii bronchiolus respiratorius
Term information
- EMAPA:35729
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/128517006
- BTO:0003222
- FMA:7412
- NCIT:C33465
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1261270
- OpenCyc:Mx4rwS6ki5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respiratory_bronchiole
- UMLS:C1261270 (ncithesaurus:Respiratory_Bronchiole)
- MA:0000423
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
mice have few or none of these structures, with the terminal bronchioles transitioning directly to the alveolary ducts
Term relations
- bronchiole
- distally connected to some pulmonary alveolar duct
- proximally connected to some terminal bronchiole
- part of some pulmonary acinus
- contributes to morphology of some pulmonary acinus