respiratory bronchiole
A bronchiole that is the first segment of the respiratory zone. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respiratory_bronchiole http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0123813611&isbn=1/ ]
Synonyms: bronchiolus respiratorii, bronchiolus respiratorius
Term info
- Wikipedia:Respiratory_bronchiole
- UMLS:C1261270 (ncithesaurus:Respiratory_Bronchiole)
- FMA:7412
- NCIT:C33465
- EMAPA:35729
- SCTID:128517006
- BTO:0003222
- MA:0000423
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
mice have few or none of these structures, with the terminal bronchioles transitioning directly to the alveolary ducts
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Alveoli_diagram.png
uberon
UBERON:0002188
Respiratory bronchiole
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
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