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What is the definition or description of: bronchiole?
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Small airways: Air enters the mouh and nose, goes into the trachea, then bronchi, then bronchioles, and ends up in the alveoli where oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange occur.
Answered 12/9/2013
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Subbronchus division: Any of the minute branches into which a bronchus divides.
Answered 7/22/2013
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