Tracheotomy.
Tracheotomy is the medical term meaning surgical incision into the trachea. A related term, tracheostomy, is surgical creation of an artificial opening into the trachea. The after product (the open wound) is called a stoma
The trachea.
the trachea is held open by rings of cartilages
trachea has cartilage rings which it open all the time
The trachea is made of C shaped rings of cartilage, this maintains the shape of the trachea.
the cartilage is important because it open trachea all the time.
An incision is made through the prostate to open up the part of the urethra passing through it
To hold something permanently open (such as the trachea, which is held open for breathing by rings of cartilage).
cartilage rings provides support to the trachea that why it open all the time
They are to keep the trachea patent (open) even with low intratracheal air pressures
trachea
epiglottis