What large tubes enter the lungs?

What large tubes enter the lungs?

These are the BRONCHIAL TUBES (BRONCHUS). One tube goes into your right lung, and the other goes into your left lung. The bronchial tubes go into your lungs and keep branching off into smaller and smaller tubes until the sacs at the end called alveoli are reached.

What are the tubes in lungs called?

In your lungs, the main airways (bronchi) branch off into smaller and smaller passageways — the smallest, called bronchioles, lead to tiny air sacs (alveoli).

What is a big tube in the respiratory system?

The windpipe (trachea) is the largest airway. The trachea branches into two smaller airways: the left and right bronchi, which lead to the two lungs.

What is hairlike tubes that connect to the alveoli?

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. At the end of the bronchial tubes are air sacs called alveoli.

What is also called bronchial tubes two branching tubes that connect the trachea to the lungs?

At its bottom end, the trachea divides into left and right air tubes called bronchi (BRAHN-kye), which connect to the lungs. Within the lungs, the bronchi branch into smaller bronchi and even smaller tubes called bronchioles (BRAHN-kee-olz).

Is bronchiectasis and bronchitis the same?

Bronchiectasis is a permanent widening and scarring of the airways of the lungs, often due to repeated or severe infections. Bronchitis is inflammation of the large and small airways of the lungs.

What is the tube that connects the throat and the bronchial tubes?

The trachea is the tube that connects the throat to the windpipe and lungs. Normally, the esophagus and trachea are two tubes that are not connected.

What is the other name of windpipe?

The airway that leads from the larynx (voice box) to the bronchi (large airways that lead to the lungs). Also called trachea.