'Bronchial glands' definitions:
Definition of 'Bronchial glands'
From: GCIDE
- Bronchial \Bron"chi*al\, a. [Cf. F. bronchial. See Bronchia.] (Anat.) Belonging to the bronchi and their ramifications in the lungs. [1913 Webster]
- Bronchial arteries, branches of the descending aorta, accompanying the bronchia in all their ramifications.
- Bronchial cells, the air cells terminating the bronchia.
- Bronchial glands, glands whose functions are unknown, seated along the bronchia.
- Bronchial membrane, the mucous membrane lining the bronchia.
- Bronchial tube, the bronchi, or the bronchia. [1913 Webster]