The conducting airway of the lungs found terminal to the bronchi; these structures contain neither cartilage nor mucous-secreting glands; the epithelium of the bronchioles becomes thinner with each branching. [ MP:0002267 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-397-51047-0 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/cwg ]
Term information
- EHDAA:8199
- CALOHA:TS-2003
- EHDAA:8183
- EMAPA:32697
- MA:0000422
- VHOG:0000675
- Wikipedia:Bronchiole
- EHDAA:8221
- BTO:0002375
- EHDAA:8171
- FMA:7410
- NCIT:C12684
- SCTID:278982001
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
In some texts/references/ontologies, bronchiole has been used as an exact synonym of 'lobular bronchiole'. However, a 'lobular bronchiole' is a segment of a bronchiole.