Trachea With Its Clinical Flashcards
1
Q
A mobile cartilaginous and membranous tube
A
Trachea
2
Q
begins as a continuation of the larynx at the lower border of the cricoid cartilage at the level of the sixth cervical vertebra.
A
Trachea
3
Q
Trachea descends in?
A
Midline of the neck.
4
Q
In the thorax, the trachea ends at the ___ by dividing into right and left principal (main) bronchi at the level of the sternal angle
A
Carina
5
Q
The posterior free ends of the cartilage are connected by smooth muscle, the?
A
Trachealis M
6
Q
The mucous membrane of the trachea is lined with ___ and contains many goblet cells and tubular mucous glands
A
Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium