Your trachea is made up of 16 to 20 rings of cartilage. Cartilage is a firm yet flexible tissue. It's your body's main type of connective tissue. A moist tissue called mucosa lines each ring of tracheal cartilage.
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The trachea is a U-shaped structure that is composed of hyaline cartilage on the anterior and lateral walls, with the trachealis smooth muscle forming the ...
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The trachea has four layers. The inner mucosal layer has a lining of ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium with goblet cells. These cells are ...
The trachea connects the larynx to the left and right principal bronchi. It is located ventrally to the oesophagus in the cervical area. It is formed by 15–18 C ...