Trachea Radiology Reference Article

trachea  Forms the beginning of lower respiratory passage Page 3 TRACHEA contd… • Begins in the neck as a continuation of larynx The trachea is a tube-shaped structure consisting of 15-20 D-shaped cartilage rings anterolaterally bridged by annular ligaments The trachealis muscle (smooth

The trachea extends from the cricoid cartilage of the larynx to the bifurcation, or carina, where it divides into right and left main-stem bronchi  Trachea definition: the tube in humans and other air-breathing vertebrates extending from the larynx to the bronchi, serving as the principal passage for

trachea and carina , 12'13 an analogy , which can be drawn from the clinical expe- rience in adenoid cystic carcinoma of the minor salivary glands in the The carina of trachea is a cartilaginous ridge within the trachea that runs antero-posteriorly between the two primary bronchi at the site of the tracheal