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Trachea branches to two thinner tubes called as

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Alveoli
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Bronchi
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Bronchioles
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None of the above
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Solution

The correct option is B Bronchi
A bronchus, also known as a main or primary bronchus, is a passage of airway in the respiratory tract that conducts air into the lungs. There is a right bronchus and a left bronchus and these bronchi branch into smaller secondary and tertiary bronchi which branch into smaller tubes, known as bronchioles. No gas exchange takes place in the bronchi. The trachea (windpipe) divides into two main or primary bronchi, the left and the right, at the level of the sternal angle and of the fifth thoracic vertebra or up to two vertebrae higher or lower, depending on breathing, at the anatomical point the carina of trachea. An alveolus is an anatomical structure that has the form of a hollow cavity. Thus, option B is correct.

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