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Comparing with the right main bronchus the left main bronchus?
The right main bronchus is wider, shorter, and more vertical than the left. The left main bronchus is smaller in caliber,but 5 cm longer than the left bronchus.
What is the function of the cartilage in the bronchus?
The function of cartilage in the bronchus is to hold the soft tissue open so that air may pass through. The cartilage in the bronchus are C-shaped rings.
What is the function of left bronchus?
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What is the main difference between a bronchus and a bronchiole?
A bronchiole has no cartilage in its wall, a bronchus does.
Why nut can go into the right main bronchus instead of left main bronchus?
The right main bronchus, about 2.5 cm in length, is shorter, wider, and more nearly vertical than the left. Because it is in almost a direct line with the trachea--> foreign objects traversing the trachea are more likely to enter the right main bronchus.
How would you use bronchus in a sentence?
bronchus diverges from the windpipe. bronchus enters lung and provides air passage.
What is an aspirated object more likely to obstruct left bronchus or right bronchus?
The right main bronchus is wider and shorter and runs more vertically than the left main bronchus, therefore objects typically take this path of least resistance.
What two large main bronches of the trachea?
The two main bronchi of the trachea are the left main bronchus and the right main bronchus. The trachea bifurcates into these bronchi at the carina, with the right main bronchus being wider and shorter than the left. Each bronchus leads to its respective lung, where they further divide into smaller bronchi and bronchioles, facilitating air passage during respiration.
What does lobar bronchus mean literaly?
"Lobar bronchus" literally means a bronchus that supplies a lobe of the lung. It is a branch of the main bronchus that further divides into smaller bronchi to provide air to specific lung lobes.
Describe the structure and function of primary bronchus?
The function is to transport air to the rest of the body.
Is bronchi singular or plural?
The word 'bronchi' is the plural form of the singular noun bronchus.
Which of the main bronchi is more horizontal?
The right main bronchus is wider, shorter, and more vertical than the left main bronchus, and it enters the right lung at roughly the level of the fifth thoracic vertebra.In contrast, the left main bronchus is smaller in size, but longer in length than the right main bronchus. The left main bronchus enters the root of the left lung opposite to the sixth thoracic vertebra, passes underneath the aortic arch.
