Injuries to the respiratory tract affect the lungs, diaphragm, trachea, bronchus, pharynx, or larynx. Tracheobronchial injuries ...

In addition to these blood vessels, the aortic arch crosses the left main bronchus. Between the aortic arch and the pulmonary ...

Articles with short description, Short description is different from Wikidata, Bronchus disorders, Radiologic signs). ... This causes the area around the bronchus to appear more prominent on an X-ray. It has also been described as donut sign, ...

Once the measles virus gets onto the mucosa, it infects the epithelial cells in the trachea or bronchi. Measles virus uses a ...

Stage IV: includes toxoplasmosis of the brain, candidiasis of the esophagus, trachea, bronchi or lungs and Kaposi's sarcoma; ...

The mucosa of bronchi contains numerous neuroendocrine cells which are bronchial counterparts of argentaffin cells of ...

Unlike terrestrial lizards, however, the bronchi separate in front of the area of the forelimbs rather than at the level of the ... The section where the two bronchi split was also preserved in the specimen, but was destroyed during excavation. This is an ...

Indwelling line sites, areas of skin breakdown, sinuses, nasopharynx, bronchi and lungs, alimentary tract, and skin are ...

The vagus nerve mediates the control of supradiaphragmatic visceral organs, such as the esophagus, bronchi, pharynx, and larynx ...

A condition called tracheo-bronchitis can be caused, when the mucous membrane of the trachea and bronchi swell. A collapsed ...

His primary focus dealt with diseases of the bronchi and mediastinum as well as blood and metabolic disorders. With Paul ...

In the airways-the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles-the lining of mucus is produced by specialized airway epithelial cells ... In the lower respiratory tract excessive mucus production in the bronchi and bronchioles is known as mucus hypersecretion. ... mucociliary clearance due to conditions such as primary ciliary dyskinesia may result in mucus accumulation in the bronchi. The ...

The snake's heart is encased in a sac, called the pericardium, located at the bifurcation of the bronchi. The heart is able to ...

... bisoprolol and propranolol on human bronchi". British Journal of Pharmacology. 113 (3): 1043-1049. doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1994 ...

Males typically have larger tracheae and branching bronchi, with about 30 percent greater lung volume per body mass. On average ...

In the development of the lung a bronchus branches into bronchioles forming the respiratory tree. The branching is a result of ... the tip of each bronchiolar tube bifurcating, and the process of branching morphogenesis forms the bronchi, bronchioles, and ...

It is also used for anesthesia and as a bronchodilator (to dilate the bronchi and bronchioles for more airflow). In combination ...

May cause pulmonary edema and edema of the larynx, laryngitis and edema of bronchi, leading to shortness of breath. May cause ...

It is better suited for visualization of the anatomical structure of the bronchi as they do not lie orthogonal to the direction ... Bronchial wall thickening can be seen on lung CTs and generally (but not always) implies inflammation of the bronchi. An ...

... which also innervates the lungs and bronchi. The parietal pleurae however, like their blood supplies, receive nerve supplies ...

Ultrasound can also be performed with an endoscopic probe inside the bronchi themselves, a technique known as endobronchial ... bronchi), which is important for the staging of lung cancer. ...

In some groups the syrinx covers the lower end of the trachea and the upper parts of the bronchi in which case the syrinx is ... At the base of the trachea and at the joint of the bronchi a median dorsoventral structure, the pessulus, may be developed to ... The syrinx may be restricted to the bronchi as in some non-passerines, notably the owls, cuckoos and nightjars. The syrinx may ... Within the trachea there is a structure called the pessulus that divides the trachea in half where the two bronchus branch out ...

Eventually, it becomes symptomatic, usually when the tumor mass begins to obstruct the lumen of a major bronchus, often ... It most often arises centrally in larger bronchi, and while it often metastasizes to locoregional lymph nodes (particularly the ... It is the second most prevalent type of lung cancer after lung adenocarcinoma and it originates in the bronchi. Its tumor cells ... carcinoma is often preceded for years by squamous-cell metaplasia or dysplasia in the respiratory epithelium of the bronchi, ...

Venous blood from the bronchi inside the lungs drains into the pulmonary veins and empties into the left atrium; since this ... bronchial veins drain venous blood from the large main bronchi into the azygous vein, and ultimately the right atrium. ...

If the condition extends further to the large airways (bronchi) (if there is also bronchomalacia), it is termed ...

IL-13 is thought to induce the expression of another signalling protein, periostin, by epithelial cells of the bronchi. ...

... s can have a constricting effect on the bronchi of the lungs, possibly worsening or causing asthma symptoms. Since ...

At the bifurcation of the trachea, there are two bronchi, the right of which is slightly larger in size. The bronchi then ... The bronchi and bronchioles are all held within the lungs of the horse, which is located in the animal's thoracic cavity. The ...

For example, mass effects from lung cancer can block the bronchus resulting in cough or pneumonia; esophageal cancer can cause ... near the bronchi in a lung specimen A large invasive ductal carcinoma in a mastectomy specimen Cancer prevention is defined as ...

"Effects of cysteinyl leukotrienes in small human bronchus and antagonist activity of montelukast and its metabolites". Clinical ...