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A5 Noun

気管支(きかんし)bronchial tube

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        bronchus, bronchial tube

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    気管支 【きかんし】

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    • 気管支(きかんし)は肺(はい)に通(つう)じています。

      The bronchial tubes lead to the lungs.

    • 気管(きかん)の下(した)から左右(さゆう)に分(わ)かれているのが気管支(きかんし)だ。

      The bronchial tubes branch off to the left and right from below the trachea.

    • あの肺胞(はいほう)に通(つう)じている管(かん)のことを気管支(きかんし)と言(い)います。

      The tubes that lead to those alveoli are called bronchial tubes.

    • 気管支(きかんし)に分(わ)かれる部分(ぶぶん)を気管分岐部(きかんぶんきぶ)と呼(よ)ぶと知(し)っていますか。

      Did you know that the part where it branches into bronchial tubes is called the tracheal bifurcation?

    • 気管支(きかんし)の内面(ないめん)の粘膜(ねんまく)は腺毛上皮(せんもうじょうひ)で覆(おお)われていて腺毛運動(せんもううんどう)は外(そと)に向(む)かっている。

      The mucous membrane on the inner surface of the bronchial tubes is covered with ciliated epithelium, and the ciliary movement is directed outward.

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