URT & LRT Flashcards
1
Q
Describe the tracheal features (superiorly-inferiorly)
+nervers, arteries, start/end, features, nearby bodies
A
- Epiglottis
- C6
- RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVES run up to LARYNX via tracheo-oesophageal grooves
- 16-20 cartilage rings, posteriorly completed by TRACHEALIS
- Eosophagus lies posterior to tracheal tube
- COMMON CAROTID ARTERIES (laterally in neck)
- VAGUS NERVES (bilaterally. to trachea)
- Carina cartilage found at bifurcation at level T4/5 and at STERNAL ANGLE
2
Q
PRIMARY BRONCHI
A
R 1º BRONCHI => EPARTERIAL BRONCHUS + HYPARTERIAL. BRONCHUS (BEFORE ENTERING LUNG)
L 1º BRONCHI => ENTERS AFTER THEN BRANCHES.
3
Q
MAJOR LYMPHATICS
A
- trachea,bronchi, lungs => TRACHEOBRONCHIAL L. NODES
- BRONCHOMEDIASTINAL LN @ HILUM
- SUPERFICIAL LYMPH PLEXUS @ VISCERAL PLEURA
4
Q
Where does trachea start and end (vertebral level)
A
C6-T4/5
