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medical health lung and respiratory healthWhat are bronchioles function?
Considering this, what is the function of the bronchi and bronchioles?
The task of the bronchi is to ensure the passage of air from the trachea to the bronchioles. The bronchioles allow gas exchange with blood: their many branches branch out into the alveoli and alveolar infundibula. In a sense, the bronchioles represent the terminal part of the respiratory tract.
Keeping this in view, what are the distinguishing features of the bronchioles?
Bronchioles are approximately 1 mm or less in diameter and their walls consist of ciliated cuboidal epithelium and a layer of smooth muscle. Bronchioles divide into even smaller bronchioles, called terminal, which are 0.5 mm or less in diameter.
Bronchiole: The tiny branch of air tubes within the lungs that is a continuation of the bronchus. The bronchioles connect to the alveoli (air sacs).