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==Key Stage 3==
===Meaning===
[[File:Trachea.png|right|200px|thumb|A diagram showing the [[bronchi]].]]
A [[bronchus]] is one of two tubes coming off the [[trachea]] and going into the [[lung]]s.
{| class: Singular [[Noun]]: '''Bronchus''': Plural [[Noun]]: '''Bronchi''' ===Adaptations of the Bronchi==="wikitable": The '''bronchi''' are covered in [[cartilage]] to stop them from closing when the [[lung]]s take in [[Oxygen]].: The '''bronchi''' contain [[Specialised Cell|specialsed cell]]s which release [[mucus]] in order to trap [[micro-organism]]s and dust to prevent them entering the [[alveoli]] in the [[lung]]s.: The inner lining of the [[trachea]] is covered in [[Ciliated Epithelial Cell|ciliated epithelial cells]] to sweep the [[mucus]] up away from the the [[alveoli]] in the [[lung]]s. ===About the Bronchi===: There are two '''bronchi''', one for each [[lung]].: The '''bronchi''' connect each [[lung]] to the [[trachea]]. ==Key Stage 4=====Meaning===[[File:Trachea.png|centerright|200px|thumb|A diagram showing the [[bronchi]].]]|-A [[bronchus]] is one of two tubes coming off the [[trachea]] and going into the [[lung]]s. | style="height==Adaptations of the Bronchi===:20px; widthThe '''bronchi''' are covered in [[cartilage]] to stop them from closing when the [[lung]]s take in [[Oxygen]].:200px; textThe '''bronchi''' contain [[Specialised Cell|specialsed cell]]s which release [[mucus]] in order to trap [[micro-alignorganism]]s and dust to prevent them entering the [[alveoli]] in the [[lung]]s.:center;" The inner lining of the [[trachea]] is covered in [[Ciliated Epithelial Cell|A diagram showing ciliated epithelial cells]] to sweep the [[mucus]] up away from the the [[alveoli]] in the [[bronchilung]]s.|}
===About the Bronchi===
: There are two '''bronchi''', one for each [[lung]].
: The '''bronchi''' connect each [[lung]] to the [[trachea]].
 ===References=======AQA====: [https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945598/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945598&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ad276ad49df77ab4b40ab4fd0fe09729 ''Bronchi, page 29, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA '']:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945563/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945563&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=9a1d023a374038e6072f33c4f3cf808b 'bronchi'Bronchi, page 33, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA '' are covered in ]:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782946381/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782946381&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=5ec5fc3f6429e30c1d9ab9bca2bccf93 ''Bronchi, page 70, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Biology, CGP, AQA '']:[cartilagehttps://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945954/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945954&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=100574c08fbbb64318256eb79ed61a76 ''Bronchi, page 76, GCSE Biology, CGP, AQA '']:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0008158754/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0008158754&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=27ad53b0283feeff7fc5ae04a9e205f96 ''Bronchus, pages 118-9, 148, GCSE Biology; Student Book, Collins, AQA ''] to stop them from collapsing.