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The inside of the trachea is called the tracheal wall, the rings tracheal rings. The inside of the trachea is called the tracheal wall, the rings tracheal rings. The inside of the trachea is called the tracheal wall, the rings tracheal rings.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe trachea is a fibrous tube connecting the larynx to the lungs. It is formed of cartilage rings bound together by fibrous connective tissue and lined with ciliated stratified epithelial cells.
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∙ 14y agoThe trachea, or windpipe, is made up of fibrous and elastic tissues and smooth muscle with about twenty rings of cartilage.
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∙ 13y agoIt is the human windpipe.
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∙ 12y agoThat would be the mouth.
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What is the opening of the windpipe to the outside of the body called?
The flap over the wind pipe entrance is called the epiglottis.
Why are the cartilaginous rings incomplete posteriorly?
The trachea, commonly called the windpipe, is the opening adjacent to the esophagus opening, that leads to the lungs. The cartilage rings are incomplete to allow proper collapsing, so that food can go down the right pipe.
The scientific name for the windpipe?
TracheaPlenumManifoldThe trachea is the airway in the respiratory system sometimes called the windpipe.
What are the first branches off the trachea are called?
Primary Bronchus
Where does the trachea located?
Trachea is located in your thorax or chest. It divides into two branches at the lower border of the fourth thoracic vertebra.
What is opening to the trachea called?
The Glottis
What is the opening of the trachea called?
Spiracles p.s. I love pie
What opening protects the trachea?
The opening in the tracheal respiratory system is the brronchi.
What is the medical term meaning forming an opening (mouth) in the trachea?
It's called a tracheotomy.
What is the commonly called the food tube?
it is called the oesophagus and the 'wind pipe' which lies behind it at the opening is called the trachea. regards
A word that means a surgical opening into the trachea?
Tracheotomy Trache/o- Trachea -tomy = Surgical opening
What structure control the opening to the trachea?
The epiglottis controls the opening to the trachea. It closes the larynx during swallowing so food will not enter the windpipe.
What structure controls the opening to the trachea?
The epiglottis controls the opening to the trachea. It closes the larynx during swallowing so food will not enter the windpipe.
What will happen if an object obstructs the trachea opening?
the air cannot pass through trachea
Where is a tracheostomy placed?
A tracheostomy is a surgical procedure that creates an opening through the neck into the windpipe also called the trachea.
Which structure controls opening to the trachea?
Esophagus
What closes over the trachea when swallowing?
The epiglottis covers the opening to the trachea when swallowing - thereby preventing food/drink entering the trachea and lungs.
