Questions and Answers
What is the primary bronchus responsible for?
What is the role of secondary bronchi?
Secondary bronchi serve as a passage for air into the lobes of the lungs.
What are tertiary bronchi also known as?
Segmental bronchi
What is the function of alveoli in the pulmonary lobule?
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What do bronchioles lead to?
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What is the primary function of terminal bronchi?
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What is a respiratory bronchiole?
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What is a bronchopulmonary segment?
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Study Notes
Bronchial Tree Components
- L Primary Bronchus: The main airway that branches off into the right and left lungs, resembling the trunk of a tree.
- Secondary Bronchus: The primary bronchus divides into secondary bronchi, each supplying a lobe of the lung. The right lung has three lobes, thus three secondary bronchi; the left lung has two lobes.
- Tertiary Bronchi: Further divisions of the secondary bronchi that branch into smaller airways, supplying bronchopulmonary segments within each lobe.
Alveoli and Terminal Structures
- Alveoli in Pulmonary Lobule: Microscopic air sacs where gas exchange occurs, clustered in lobules and surrounded by capillaries for efficient oxygen and carbon dioxide transfer.
- Bronchioles: Smaller branches that lead from tertiary bronchi, with a diameter of less than 1 mm; they contain smooth muscle to regulate airflow and lack cartilage.
- Terminal Bronchi: The last segment of conducting airways, leading into the respiratory zone. They do not participate in gas exchange but serve as passageways for air.
- Respiratory Bronchiole: Transitional structures between conducting airways and sites of gas exchange, featuring small alveoli along their walls for initial gas exchange.
- Bronchopulmonary Segment: Specific sections of lung lobes comprised of tertiary bronchi and surrounding tissue; each segment can be isolated for clinical procedures (e.g., surgery) due to its discrete blood supply and drainage.
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