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A person may have a tracheotomy for several reasons. Long term airway management such as someone who is unable to maintain their airway's due to cancer or lung disease. They may have one from an emergency procedure such as a choking when the airway could not be cleared and all other means of airway management have been exhausted. A person may be intubated for the above reasons also. The difference in the two is in intubation, a person has a tube inserted into the trachea from their mouth. A tracheotomy is a surgical procedure in which, to put it simply, a hole is cut into the trachea at a precise landmark, bypassing the upper airway completely. As said above this measure is normally reserved for long term care.
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What The Tube That Connects The Throat And The Bronchial?
That would be your Trachea
A 12-cm tube located below the larynx is the?
That tube is the trachea.
What tube connects the mouth to the lungs?
This tube is technically called the trachea, but is commonly referred to as one's windpipe. Be careful not to confuse it with your esophagus, which connects your mouth to your stomach in the digestive system.
What tube carries air to and from the lungs?
the trachea (windpipe)
What is the tube held open by rings of cartilage lined with cilia and mucous membrane?
The trachea.
What is the tube between larynx and bronchii called?
The tube that connects the throat and the bronchial tube is the esophagus.The tube that connects to the bronchial tubes is actually the trachea:9. What tube connects to the bronchial tubes? Trachea CORRECThttp://library.thinkquest.org/15401/cgi-bin/resp_quiz.cgi
What is the tube called in which oxygen travels down to the lungs?
Trachea Trachea
What is the tube that leads into your lungs?
Trachea.
Why would it be hard to breath if you didn't have a trachea?
The trachea is the tube leading to the lungs. There has to be an opening to the lungs for breathing to occur. It our lungs were not attached to the mouth via the trachea, then the lungs would need an opening elsewhere. Besides, the trachea is for speaking as well, and you exhale across your vocal folds as you speak.
What does it mean when someone says food went down the wrong tube what?
The food went down the trachea, the one that leads to the lungs
What is the tube from the pharynx to the bronchi?
the trachea (windpipe)
What is the tube that provides a passageway for air?
trachea
