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The trachea, also known as the windpipe, is a tube in the throat that carries air to and from the lungs during breathing. It is made up of cartilage rings to keep it open and prevent collapse. The trachea branches into two bronchial tubes, leading to the left and right lungs.
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The treachea connects to two short branches called?
The primary bronchi.
Why is the treachea so important?
It is no more or less important than any other part of your body.
What are the7 organs in the respiratory system?
skin is also an organ through which we breathe 2 lungs 1 nose 1 treachea 2 bronchi 1 mouth
How does trachea work with other system to keep the body healthy?
The treachea helps us get the needed air through our body and it is in the respiratory system it is located between the larynx and upper esophagus and it is a windpipe that is like a tube that carries air to the following above.
What is a treachea tube used for?
A trachea tube is used to help maintain an open airway for patients who are having difficulty breathing on their own. It is inserted into the trachea to assist with breathing and to provide a pathway for mechanical ventilation if needed.
How do you intubate a child how has stopped breathing due to an asthma attack?
There are lots of tools in a difficult intubation kit, one being somthing called a combitube. A combitube is a tube with two cuffs so that if the tube is not placed into the treachea the distal cuff can be inflated to seal off the easophagus and all positive pressure can be directed to the lungs. The main thing to remember in a crisis like this is the emergency drugs. Another option is a laryngeal mask air way which is just a mask on the end of a tube that is placed over the epiglottis and can be left for a longer period of time to facilitate ventilation. When all else fails consider a tracheostomy tube.
What are the characteristics of the lungs?
The Lungs are usually viewed in two sections, the Gas Movement section, and the Gas Exchange section. The right lung is significantly larger, having three Lobes, than the left lung, with only two lobes. This is because the left ventricle of the heart sits slightly to the left side of the thorax taking some of the space the lung would otherwize have had. The lungs are withing a cavity in the thorax called the Pleural Cavity and are surrounded by a bouble membrane called the Pluaral Membrane. The inner layer of the pleural membrane is called the visceral layer and is continuous with the alveoli of the lung, the outer layer is called the perietal layer. To follow a gas molecule breathed in would take you first down the Bronchus (there is one on each side, for each lung) then through a network of Bronchioles until it came to an Alveolar Duct. Up to this poin has been purely the gas movement section and all but the both the bronchi and bigger bronchioles have carticalge arounf them and smoothe muscle to control airflow. The alveolar ducts lead into Alveolar Air Sacs that look very much like bunches of grapes. This is where the gas exchange takes place across the very thin cells of the sacs into (and out of) the blood. So maximise the volumes of gas exchanged means you require as much of a surface area as possible and the of all the alveoli together is aound the same as half a tenis court. There is always some air within the alveoli because if there wasnt the fluid lining them would cause such a great surface tension that the sacs would never open again.Two spongy, saclike organs in the chest cavity.
