loading...| Preferred Name | bronchus | |
| Synonyms |
bronchial tissue bronchial trunk bronchi |
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| Definitions |
The upper conducting airways of the lung; these airways arise from the terminus of the trachea. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002185 |
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| database_cross_reference |
NCIT:C12683 CALOHA:TS-1229 MAT:0000133 EMAPA:32689 Wikipedia:Bronchus EFO:0000932 MESH:D001980 UMLS:C0006255 BTO:0001340 XAO:0000121 SCTID:181215002 VHOG:0000262 MIAA:0000133 EV:0100041 FMA:7409 GAID:346 MA:0000436 |
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| definition |
The upper conducting airways of the lung; these airways arise from the terminus of the trachea. |
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| depicted_by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Respiratory_system_complete_numbered.svg |
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| has_exact_synonym |
bronchial trunk bronchi |
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| hasOBONamespace |
uberon |
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| hasRelatedSynonym |
bronchial tissue |
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| id |
UBERON:0002185 |
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| inSubset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#efo_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#organ_slim |
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| label |
bronchus |
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| located in | ||
| notation |
UBERON:0002185 |
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| part_of | ||
| prefLabel |
bronchus |
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| UBPROP_0000001 |
Each of the two primary divisions of the trachea leading respectively into the right and the left lung. [Dorian_AF, Elsevier's_encyclopaedic_dictionary_of_medicine, Part_B:_Anatomy_(1988)_Amsterdam_etc.:_Elsevier][VHOG] |
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| UBPROP_0000007 |
bronchial |
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| UBPROP_0000008 |
In humans, the main bronchus is histologically identical to trachea; 2ary and 3ary bronchi are not; epithelium becomes simple columnar, goblet cell number decreases, elastic fibers in lamina propria increases, distribution more uniform. Muscular layer between mucosa and submucosa appears. cartilage rings become discontinuous plates connected by fibrous connective tissue |
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