Trachea Flashcards
Trachea has 2 parts: _____ and ____
cervical and thoracic
Trachea runs from ____ -____ vertebrae
C6-T5
Trachea is located (anterior or Posterior?) to the oesophagus and (anterior or posterior?) to the thyroid
Anterior
Posterior
Trachea is a continuation of ____
larynx
Trachea
- ___cm long and __cm in diameter
- lines by _________ epithelium
- can go as far up as ___ vertebrae during inhalation and ___ vertebrae during expiration
15
2
ciliated columnar
T4; T6
Trachea terminates into the _______
bronchioles
2 divisions of trachea into bronchi
- left division is ___ degrees, right is ___ degrees (normal is __ degrees)
- angle ___eases by ____ degrees when we lay down or are at rest
- angle is slightly (smaller or larger?) in children and (symmetrical or asymmetrical?)
40
20
65
Incr; 10-15
Larger
Trachea is made of about _____ (complete or incomplete?) rings of cartilages.
It’s completed by the _____
15- 20
Incomplete
Trachealis muscles
of trachea
ARTERIES!!!!!
- upper side: _______ artery
- lower side : branches of the ______ artery
VEINS!!!
-____________ venous plexus
Lymphatic drainage
-_______ and _______ node
Nerves!!!!
_____(particularly, _____ nerve)
_______
inferior thyroid
bronchiole
inferior thyroid
pretracheal and paratracheal
Vagus; recurrent laryngeal
Sympathetic trunk
Tracheal stenosis: _____ing due to ______ of the tracheal. Surgery or ______ might be needed if severe
narrow; inflammation
endoscopy
Tracheoseophagial fistula: an ___________ between the ____ and _____
abnormal channel
trachea and oesophagus
Tracheal foreign body: foreign body gets lodged in the trachea and a _______ needs to be done to remove the foreign body
bronchoscopy
Trachea
Relations: Cervical
Anterior
- ________
- ________ veins
- _____ muscle and _____ muscle
Posterior
- __________
- ____________ nerve
Lateral
_____ of _____
_________ artery
isthmus
inferior thyroid
sternohyoid
sternothyroid
oesophagus
left recurrent laryngeal
Lobes of thyroid
Common carotid
