Branching angles in the bronchial tree related to order of branching. 1980

A Thurlbeck, and K Horsfield

Angles of branching in the bronchial tree were measured in one greyhound dog lung cast, and analysed from the data for man, dog, rat and hamster obtained by Raabe et al. (1976). The bronchial trees were ordered by both Strahler's and Horsfield's methods and angles classified by the value of delta, a measure of asymmetric branching defined as the difference in order between the branches forming the angle. Angles were also classified by their position in the bronchial tree, according to the order of the parent branch. It was found that whereas in the greyhound lung mean branching angle decreased with increasing order, there was no consistent trend in the data of Raabe et al., at least down to 3 mm diameter bonchi in man and 2 mm diameter bronchi in beagle dogs. There was, however, a decrease in main branch angle and an increase in minor branch angle with increasing delta.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008168 Lung Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood. Lungs
D001980 Bronchi The larger air passages of the lungs arising from the terminal bifurcation of the TRACHEA. They include the largest two primary bronchi which branch out into secondary bronchi, and tertiary bronchi which extend into BRONCHIOLES and PULMONARY ALVEOLI. Primary Bronchi,Primary Bronchus,Secondary Bronchi,Secondary Bronchus,Tertiary Bronchi,Tertiary Bronchus,Bronchi, Primary,Bronchi, Secondary,Bronchi, Tertiary,Bronchus,Bronchus, Primary,Bronchus, Secondary,Bronchus, Tertiary
D004285 Dogs The domestic dog, Canis familiaris, comprising about 400 breeds, of the carnivore family CANIDAE. They are worldwide in distribution and live in association with people. (Walker's Mammals of the World, 5th ed, p1065) Canis familiaris,Dog
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia

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