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What is a short definition for trachea?
The windpipe.
What is the name of the tube that is inserted in the throat?
The lungs are actually composed of a series of tubes. The first is the trachea, which brings air from your mouth and nose to inside of your chest (in an area known as the thorax). The trachea splits into two tubes called the bronchi, in which one of each goes to the actual tissue that we call the lungs. From there the bronchi split in a treelike fashion into smaller tubes called bronchioles, which in turn split again and again and get smaller and smaller. The terminal point of each bronchiole is a small sac like structure called an alveolus, which is the primary location of gas exchange within the lungs. Each alveolus is surrounded by a small capillary from the bloodstream which has a thin wall that is only one cell layer thick, allowing for easy exchange of oxygen and carbon monoxide molecules across the membrane.
What is a tracheoesophageal fistula like?
The trachea, or windpipe, carries air to the lungs. The esophagus carries food to the stomach. Sometimes during development, these two tubes do not separate completely, but remain connected by a short passage.
Is tracheal obstruction life threatening?
The short answer is: Potentially yes. The trachea leads to the lungs; therefore, if the obstruction totally blocks the trachea, the person won't be able to breath & will die if not helped quickly.
Why can the lungs absorb a large amount of oxygen?
1) It's not the lungs. It's the haemoglobin in blood cells that allow blood cells to carry oxygen to where it is needed.2) Lungs can absorb a large amount of oxygen because of alveoli. There are small tubes in lungs which have alveoli at there ends. The alveoli are surrounded by a network of capillaries. At these capillaries is where the blood picks up its cargo of oxygen from the air.Oh and it is hemoglobin not haemoglobin okay Soggy2002!I happen to be from England, the birthplace of the English language, where we spell it 'haemoglobin'. Okay, MsMM1987?Air moves from the trachea to the bronchi the passage that direct air into the lungs
How do you spell the medical term trake?
Trach is short for tracheotomy, which is an artificial opening in the trachea.
Will get short if you do weights?
When you carry heavy pails of water, you will get short but when you carry barbels, you will have many muscles.
Does the blood vessel which carry blood from the heart to the lungs contain a lot oxygen?
Well, the lungs are where the oxygen is added to the blood. So, the short answer is 'no.' There may be some oxygen left, but the blood would probably be a deep blueish color. When the oxygen is added the blood turns red.
What are two ways to differentiate between the trachea and esophagus?
First, the trachea is part of the respiratory system while the esophagus is part of the digestive system of human and some of the animals. Second, the trachea is the tube in air-breathing vertibrates that conducts air from the throat to the bronchi. It is commonly called windpipe and is made up of numerous cartilaginous half rings which is adjacent to the esophagus. Lying in front of the esophagus. While esophagus, a mascular tube about 10 inches long passes behind the trachea and the heart. The passage down which food moves between the throat and the stomach. In short, trachea is where the air passes while esophagus is where the food passes.
What cleans air and channels it in our lungs?
cillliated epillithial cells or cillia for short, they clean dust and mucus from our lungs
Do squids have lungs?
No they can not but they can survive being out of water for a short time.
What kind of blood do arteries carry?
Arteries carry arterial blood away from the heart through the aorta and carotid arteries. Venous blood is then circulated back to one of the vena cavas where it enters the right atrium, go's through the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle so that it can be taken through the pulmonary valves to t he lungs. There, it once again becomes arterial blood, and is taken through the left chambers to the aortic arch and the cycle repeats.
