Trachea

Question 1

Trachea has 2 parts: _____ and ____

Answer 1

cervical and thoracic

Question 2

Trachea runs from ____ -____ vertebrae

Answer 2

C6-T5

Question 3

Trachea is located (anterior or Posterior?) to the oesophagus and (anterior or posterior?) to the thyroid

Answer 3

Anterior

Posterior

Question 4

Trachea is a continuation of ____

Answer 4

larynx

Question 5

Trachea

• ___cm long and __cm in diameter
• lines by _________ epithelium
• can go as far up as ___ vertebrae during inhalation and ___ vertebrae during expiration

Answer 5

15

2

ciliated columnar

T4; T6

Question 6

Trachea terminates into the _______

Answer 6

bronchioles

Question 7

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?)

Answer 7

40

20

65

Incr; 10-15

Larger

Question 8

Trachea is made of about _____ (complete or incomplete?) rings of cartilages.

It’s completed by the _____

Answer 8

15- 20

Incomplete

Trachealis muscles

Question 9

of trachea

ARTERIES!!!!!

• upper side: _______ artery
• lower side : branches of the ______ artery

VEINS!!!
-____________ venous plexus

Lymphatic drainage
-_______ and _______ node

Nerves!!!!
_____(particularly, _____ nerve)
_______

Answer 9

inferior thyroid

bronchiole

inferior thyroid

pretracheal and paratracheal

Vagus; recurrent laryngeal

Sympathetic trunk

Question 10

Tracheal stenosis: _____ing due to ______ of the tracheal. Surgery or ______ might be needed if severe

Answer 10

narrow; inflammation

endoscopy

Question 11

Tracheoseophagial fistula: an ___________ between the ____ and _____

Answer 11

abnormal channel

trachea and oesophagus

Question 12

Tracheal foreign body: foreign body gets lodged in the trachea and a _______ needs to be done to remove the foreign body

Answer 12

bronchoscopy

Question 13

Trachea

Relations: Cervical

Anterior

• ________
• ________ veins
• _____ muscle and _____ muscle

Posterior

• __________
• ____________ nerve

Lateral
_____ of _____
_________ artery

Answer 13

isthmus

inferior thyroid

sternohyoid

sternothyroid

oesophagus

left recurrent laryngeal

Lobes of thyroid

Common carotid