MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The bronchi lead to smaller tubes called bronchioles, which look like the branches of a tree.

Detailed explanation-2: -Within the lungs, the bronchi branch into smaller bronchi and even smaller tubes called bronchioles (pronounced: BRAHN-kee-olz). Bronchioles end in tiny air sacs called alveoli, where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide actually takes place.

Detailed explanation-3: -Listen to pronunciation. (al-VEE-oh-ly) Tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchioles (tiny branches of air tubes in the lungs). The alveoli are where the lungs and the blood exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide during the process of breathing in and breathing out.

Detailed explanation-4: -The bronchi are the two large tubes that carry air from your windpipe to your lungs. You have a left and right main bronchus in each lung. After the main bronchi, these tubes branch out into segments that look like tree branches. Many respiratory conditions, such as asthma or bronchitis, can affect your bronchi.

Detailed explanation-5: -The tubes are lined with fine hair-like structures called cilia. As the cilia sway back and forth, they carry the mucous upwards to the trachea where it can be coughed up or swallowed. Alveoli.