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There are actually several different kinds of cartilage in the body, but the tracheal rings are the hardest (softer cartilage is found in bendy things like your ears and nose). They're there so your windpipe doesn't collapse in on itself, kind of like a hula hoop keeping a large trash bag open.

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What is the smallest in diameter a segmental bronchus the trachea the right main bronchus a lobar bron?

The smallest is a segmental bronchus. The trachea is the largest and branches into the main (left and right) bronchi which then branch several times before branching into lobar bronchi and then segmental bronchi. Each lung is made up of lobes (generally the left lung has 2 lobes and the right has 3) and the lobes are comprised of segments.


What is thw number of rings on Jupiter?

Jupiter has a faint ring system composed of four main parts: the halo, the main ring, and two gossamer rings. While not as prominent as Saturn's rings, these rings are made up of dust particles and small rocks. The total number of distinct rings is often counted as one main ring with three additional features, making it a total of four components.


What is the main component of cartilage?

water, fats, minerals


How long is the main bronchi?

The main bronchi, which are the two large air passages that branch from the trachea to the lungs, are approximately 4 to 5 inches (10 to 12 centimeters) long in adults. Each bronchus divides into smaller bronchi within the lungs. The right main bronchus is generally wider and shorter than the left, reflecting the anatomical differences in the lung structures.


What is the function of your primary bronchus?

The right bronchus is a passage leading from the trachea/windpipe into the right lung. When objects are aspirated, they are more likely to end up in the right bronchus than the left because its angle at the carina (the point where the trachea divides into a left and right bronchus) is more vertical/leads more straight down

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What is the main difference between a bronchus and a bronchiole?

A bronchiole has no cartilage in its wall, a bronchus does.


Comparing with the right main bronchus the left main bronchus?

The right main bronchus is wider, shorter, and more vertical than the left. The left main bronchus is smaller in caliber,but 5 cm longer than the left bronchus.


What is the main passageway from the larynx to the lungs?

The main passageway from the larynx to the lungs is the trachea, also known as the windpipe. It is a tube made of cartilage rings that conducts air to and from the lungs during breathing.


How is the voicebox made?

voice box is made of nine curved plates of cartilage.the main cartilage plate is the thyroid cartilage


Why nut can go into the right main bronchus instead of left main bronchus?

The right main bronchus, about 2.5 cm in length, is shorter, wider, and more nearly vertical than the left. Because it is in almost a direct line with the trachea--> foreign objects traversing the trachea are more likely to enter the right main bronchus.


How would you use bronchus in a sentence?

bronchus diverges from the windpipe. bronchus enters lung and provides air passage.


What is an aspirated object more likely to obstruct left bronchus or right bronchus?

The right main bronchus is wider and shorter and runs more vertically than the left main bronchus, therefore objects typically take this path of least resistance.


In what structures does the trachea branch?

The right and left main bronchus (which supply air to the right and left lung).


What is the main function of the bronchus?

Santa clause


What is the smallest in diameter a segmental bronchus the trachea the right main bronchus a lobar bron?

The smallest is a segmental bronchus. The trachea is the largest and branches into the main (left and right) bronchi which then branch several times before branching into lobar bronchi and then segmental bronchi. Each lung is made up of lobes (generally the left lung has 2 lobes and the right has 3) and the lobes are comprised of segments.


What does lobar bronchus mean literaly?

"Lobar bronchus" literally means a bronchus that supplies a lobe of the lung. It is a branch of the main bronchus that further divides into smaller bronchi to provide air to specific lung lobes.


Is bronchi singular or plural?

The word 'bronchi' is the plural form of the singular noun bronchus.