Bronchiole Each bronchus splits again and again into thousands of smaller tubes called bronchioles which take the air deeper into the lungs. Alveoli At the ends of bronchioles are tiny air sacs ...

2-4). It is important to recognize the anatomic structure of the terminal bronchiole as it transitions into the alveolar ducts. This may be difficult in cases where the specimen shows artifactual ...

It contains these parts: two lungs tubes leading from the mouth and nose to the lungs ( trachea, bronchus and bronchiole) various structures in the chest that allow air to move in and out of the ...

A cerulean channel cuts a swathe between ridges of reef like an enormous, flowing spine, the reef as lungs, tiny inlets like bronchiole feeding the larger veins of life-filled water. Then it's our ...

This is an important piece of work that sheds light on our understanding of early lung development. There is solid evidence that there is a key new role for Svep1, which may be acting via FGF9. A more ...