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bronchial_artery
has definitions from the fields of anatomy,zoology
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[ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) arteries that accompany the bronchioles
Used in print (Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)The bronchial_artery , except for a small number of short branches in the hilum , contributes none of the pleural blood supply . No bronchial_artery pulmonary_artery anastomoses were noted in this group . The bronchial_artery in its course and distribution differs somewhat from that found in other mammals . This pleural supply is derived both from hilar and interlobular bronchial_artery branches . Some of these were obviously filling from interlobular branches of the bronchial_arteries while others were filling from direct hilar branches following along the pleural surface . |
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