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    The trachea (pl.: tracheae or tracheas), also known as the windpipe, is a cartilaginous tube that connects the larynx to the bronchi of the lungs, allowing...
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    The carina of trachea (also: "tracheal carina") is a ridge of cartilage at the base of the trachea separating the openings of the left and right main bronchi...
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  • incident where the cartilage that keeps the airway (trachea) open is soft such that the trachea partly collapses especially during increased airflow...
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  • biological and synthetic scaffolds seeded with patients' own stem cells as trachea transplants, Macchiarini was a visiting professor and director on a temporary...
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    "Trachea delicata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24. "Trachea delicata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24. "Trachea delicata...
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    of the neck involved in breathing, producing sound and protecting the trachea against food aspiration. The opening of larynx into pharynx known as the...
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    A saber-sheath trachea also known as scabbard trachea is a trachea that has an abnormal shape. The posterior area of the trachea increases in diameter...
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    formation or weakening of the cartilaginous rings of the trachea resulting in flattening of the trachea. It can be congenital or acquired, and extrathoracic...
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    Tracheitis is an inflammation of the trachea. Although the trachea is usually considered part of the lower respiratory tract, in ICD-10 tracheitis is...
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    food from moving into the airway. From the larynx, air moves into the trachea and down to the intersection known as the carina that branches to form...
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    Caecum trachea is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae. The shell size varies between 2 mm...
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    blind pouch and overflows into the trachea and lungs. Furthermore, a fistula between the lower esophagus and trachea may allow stomach acid to flow into...
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    Gapeworm (redirect from Syngamus trachea)
    A gapeworm (Syngamus trachea), also known as a red worm and forked worm, is a parasitic nematode worm that infects the tracheas of certain birds. The resulting...
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    The arch travels backward, so that it ultimately runs to the left of the trachea. The aorta begins at the level of the upper border of the second/third...
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    to as intubation, is the placement of a flexible plastic tube into the trachea (windpipe) to maintain an open airway or to serve as a conduit through...
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    make up the laryngeal skeleton, the cartilage structure in and around the trachea that contains the larynx. It does not completely encircle the larynx (only...
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    (Walker, 1858) Trachea atriplaga Hampson, 1911 Trachea atriplicis (Linnaeus, 1758) – orache moth Trachea atritornea Hampson, 1908 Trachea aurigera (Walker...
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    Tumors in the thorax can cause breathing problems by obstructing the trachea or disrupting the nerve to the diaphragm; difficulty swallowing by compressing...
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    damage to the tracheobronchial tree (the airway structure involving the trachea and bronchi). It can result from blunt or penetrating trauma to the neck...
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    via a system of airways, or hollow tubes, of which the largest is the trachea, which branches in the middle of the chest into the two main bronchi. These...
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    Tracheotomy (category Trachea surgery)
    (front) of the neck and opening a direct airway through an incision in the trachea (windpipe). The resulting stoma (hole) can serve independently as an airway...
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  • Chondrolaryngoplasty (commonly called tracheal shave, but this is a misnomer as the trachea is not involved) is a surgical procedure in which the thyroid cartilage...
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    The artery then crosses the trachea in front of it obliquely from the left to the right, roughly at the middle of the trachea or the level of the ninth...
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    vocal folds. It may be triggered when the vocal cords or the area of the trachea below the vocal folds detects the entry of water, mucus, blood, or other...
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  • located mainly on the posterior wall of the trachea, larynx, and at the carina of trachea, the point where the trachea branches into the main bronchi. The receptors...
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    important section of it is the epiglottis, separating the esophagus from the trachea (windpipe), preventing food and drinks being inhaled into the lungs. The...
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    leaf-shaped flap in the throat that prevents food and water from entering the trachea and the lungs. It stays open during breathing, allowing air into the larynx...
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    electrum trachea, 48 billon trachea or 864 copper tetartera, although with the debasement of the trachea it eventually came to rate 12 electrum trachea and...
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    trachea, esophagus, left recurrent laryngeal nerve, and thoracic duct. To its right side, below is the brachiocephalic trunk, and above, the trachea,...
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    The orache moth (Trachea atriplicis) is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in all of Europe, east across the Palearctic to the Pacific...
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