Trachea
Carries air between the larynx and the bronchi. Its incomplete cartilage rings hold it open while letting it lengthen when the neck extends.
- System
- respiratory
- Region
- Thorax
- Sides
- Single, on the midline
Where it runs from and to
What this structure is anchored to at each end, and what that lets it do.
- Origin
- Ventral neck and the cranial mediastinum, from the larynx to its division over the heart base.
- Action
- Carries air between the larynx and the bronchi. Its incomplete cartilage rings hold it open while letting it lengthen when the neck extends.
- Nerve
- Recurrent laryngeal branches of the vagus, and the sympathetic trunk.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the cat; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Trachea
- Latin (NAV)
- Trachea
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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