Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the trachea and the bronchi.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the trachea and the bronchi: same as
bronchotracheal .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Pertaining both to the tracheal and bronchial tubes, or to their junction; -- said of the syrinx of certain birds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating to or located in both the
trachea and thebronchi .
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Examples
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The cells stimulated include the white blood cells known as monocytes, neutrophils and natural killer cells and the epithelial cells that line the respiratory tract (nose, tracheobronchial tree and lungs).
Creeping Crud grrm 2010
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There are three basic regions to the respiratory tract: nasopharyngeal region; tracheobronchial region; and pulmonary region.
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Particles 2-5 µM can penetrate into the tracheobronchial region.
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The visceral lymph glands consist of three groups, viz.: anterior mediastinal, posterior mediastinal, and tracheobronchial.
VIII. The Lymphatic System. 7. The Lymphatic Vessels of the Thorax 1918
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On reaching the coronary sulcus they are joined by a large trunk from the diaphragmatic surface of the heart, and then unite to form a single vessel which ascends between the pulmonary artery and the left atrium and ends in one of the tracheobronchial glands.
VIII. The Lymphatic System. 7. The Lymphatic Vessels of the Thorax 1918
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The Lymphatic Vessels of the Thymus end in the anterior mediastinal, tracheobronchial, and sternal glands.
VIII. The Lymphatic System. 7. The Lymphatic Vessels of the Thorax 1918
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It ascends in the posterior longitudinal sulcus and then runs forward in the coronary sulcus, and passes up behind the pulmonary artery, to end in one of the tracheobronchial glands.
VIII. The Lymphatic System. 7. The Lymphatic Vessels of the Thorax 1918
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The superficial efferents turn around the borders of the lungs and the margins of their fissures, and converge to end in some glands situated at the hilus; the deep efferents are conducted to the hilus along the pulmonary vessels and bronchi, and end in the tracheobronchial glands.
VIII. The Lymphatic System. 7. The Lymphatic Vessels of the Thorax 1918
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Their efferents mostly end in the thoracic duct, but some join the tracheobronchial glands.
VIII. The Lymphatic System. 7. The Lymphatic Vessels of the Thorax 1918
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The afferents of the tracheobronchial glands drain the lungs and bronchi, the thoracic part of the trachea and the heart; some of the efferents of the posterior mediastinal glands also end in this group.
VIII. The Lymphatic System. 7. The Lymphatic Vessels of the Thorax 1918
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