Exam 3

What is a tubular passageway for air that is about 12cm long and 2.5cm in diameter?

trachea
What is located anterior to the esophagus and extends from the larynx to the superior border of the fifth thoracic vertebra (T5), where it divides into right and left primary bronchi?

trachea
The layers of the tracheal wall, from deep to superifical are the...

(1) mucosa

(2) submucosa

(3) hyaline cartilage

(4) adventitia
What consists of an epithelial layer of pseudo stratified ciliated columnar epithelium and an underlyinglayer of lamina propria that contains elastic and reticular fibers?

mucosa
What consists of areolar connective tissue that contains seromucosa glands and their ducts?

submucosa
The 16-20 incomplete, horizontal rings tht resemble the letter C, are stacked one above another , and are connected together by dense connective tissue...

hyaline cartilage
Within this membrane are transverse smooth muscle fibers, called the...

trachealis muscle
What consists of areolar connective tissue that joins the trachea to surrounding tissues?

adventitia

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Exam 3

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Chapter 22-23

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