Left principal bronchus
Bronchus principalis sinister
Carries air to the left lung and divides into its lobar bronchi.
About the left principal bronchus of the cat
Left principal bronchus is a respiratory of the chest (thorax), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Bronchus principalis sinister. You can turn it above, see it in place in the chest of the cat, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Where it runs from and to
What this structure is anchored to at each end, and what that lets it do.
- Origin
- Division of the trachea at the heart base.
- Action
- Carries air to the left lung and divides into its lobar bronchi.
- Nerve
- Pulmonary plexus.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the cat; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Left principal bronchus
- Latin (NAV)
- Bronchus principalis sinister
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the left principal bronchus
- What is the Latin name of the left principal bronchus?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the left principal bronchus is called Bronchus principalis sinister.
- Where is the left principal bronchus of the cat?
- Left principal bronchus is a respiratory of the chest (thorax), one on each side of the body.
- What nerve supplies the left principal bronchus?
- Pulmonary plexus.
See the left principal bronchus inside the whole cat.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the cat around it: peel back the skin and the muscles, cut a section through it, X-ray it, and practise naming it until you stop getting it wrong.
Free for 7 days, no card. After that the skeletons stay free.
