Branch of conducting airway between a segmental bronchus and a preterminal bronchiole. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronchus https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0781785898 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A9780702077050 ]
Term information
human_reference_atlas
Like other bronchi, the walls of a subsegmental bronchus contain plates of cartilage. Notably, the cartilage plates become smaller and more widely dispersed with each branching.
Term relations
- intrapulmonary bronchus
- proximally connected to some segmental bronchus
- has part some cartilage of bronchus
- has part some bronchus smooth muscle
- has part some bronchus submucosal gland
- part of some bronchopulmonary segment
- has part some lung mesenchyme
- part of some system
- part of some lobe of lung