The large tubes, or airways, that branch off from the windpipe (trachea) into the lungs, where they branch into smaller tubes (bronchioles) that end in the alveoli (air sacs). Bronchi carry air to and from the lungs.
Bronchial means referring to or having to do with the bronchi, as in bronchial adenoma.
Bronchi is the plural of bronchus.
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