Bronchiole (Noun)
Meaning
Any of the smallest bronchial ducts; ending in alveoli.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The inhaled air travels down the trachea, bronchi, and finally the bronchiole, before reaching the alveoli.
- Disease and infection can damage the bronchiole and hinder oxygen transfer.
- Smoking causes significant inflammation in the bronchiole and bronchus of smokers.
- There are many branches of the airways leading from the main bronchus to each tiny bronchiole.
- Because they lead to alveoli, each bronchiole's narrow tubes function primarily to pass the oxygen we inhale directly into our lungs' sacs for a necessary blood-to-oxygen conversion process to happen efficiently.