right main bronchus

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Introduction

Arises at the bifurcation of the trachea & enters the hilum of the right lung.

  • gives off superior lobe bronchus, continue downward to give off the middle & inferior lobe bronchi.

The bronchus is shorter, of great caliber & more nearly vertical than the left main bronchus, thus aspirated objects more frequently lodge on the right side.

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.