Vertebrate trachea

Tracheostomy tubes are inserted into and incision in the windpipe to relieve an obstruction in the airway. Endotracheal tubes are used to intubate a patient during anesthesia or when there is maintenance of the airway (Types of intubation, n.d.). Tracheostomy tubes and endotracheal tubes are often used for the distribution for aerosol therapy. According to the Medical Dictionary, Aerosol deposition is the depositing or the retention of aerosol particles on a nearby surface within the respiratory system. “Aerosol deposition during mechanical ventilation is reduced by the presence of an artificial airway” (Ari, Harwood, Sheard, & Fink, 2012). When the artificial airways diameter diminishes, the aerosol deposition within the airway will then increase. The experiment that was performed measured the amount of aerosol deposition with a T-piece and a tracheostomy collar, and a manual resuscitation bag both while using an endotracheal tube or a tracheostomy tube. This information will be important to my career as a respiratory therapist because I will have a better understanding on how these set ups look and work, I will know if an endotracheal tube or a tracheostomy tube will have a greater aerosol deposition, and the importance to attention to detail. In this experiment the two models were used to determine the amount of aerosol deposition in the lungs. This was used to determine if an endotracheal tube or a tracheostomy tube is more effective at delivering aerosol deposition. A…

Respiration is a process, which conducts the circulation of air between the lungs and the external environment. Two main mechanisms involved in the respiration process is the act of inspiration and expiration. Inspiration involves the inhaling of oxygen into the lungs. Expiration involves the exhalation of carbon dioxide into the external environment. Respiration is important to human body because it is a major contributor to speech. As mentioned in the paragraph above, a variety of muscles…

The respiratory tracts are for the purpose of providing our bodies with oxygen for the nutrients and the production of energy that our cells need. It also is responsible for the removal of the carbon dioxide our cells excrete during this process. Upper Respiratory Tract Lower Respiratory Tract Nose Larynx Nasal Cavity Trachea Paranasal Sinuses Bronchial Tree Pharynx Lungs In the upper respiratory tract as air is breathed in and passes through the nasal cavity it is filtered, warmed,…

limbs of the pig. I then used my scalpel to cut a horizontal cut from the initial incision and pulled the skin and muscle away from the internal structures that I was required to locate in the neck. The internal structures that I had to locate in the neck were the hyoid apparatus, larynx, thyroid gland, trachea, and thymus gland. The hyoid apparatus is a small group of bones located cranial to the larynx that feels like a small marble when one moves their finger over it and applies pressure. The…

1. Anatomy of the trachea and bronchi. The trachea (Fig.1) is a cartilaginous and membranous tube, extending from the lower part of the larynx, on a level with the sixth cervical vertebra, to the upper border of the fifth thoracic vertebra, where it divides into two main bronchi, one for each lung. The trachea is nearly but not quite cylindrical, being flattened posteriorly; it measures about 11 cm. in length; its diameter, from side to side, is from 2 to 2.5 cm., being always greater in…

It transports air between the lungs and the body’s exterior the nose, pharynx, mouth, larynx, trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles. Nose and Nasal Cavity Structure: The nose and nasal cavity is line with cilia and capillaries. It secrets mucus, filters debris out in the air and warms the air to 37 degree centigrade. The nose is the face structure comprising of cartilage, bone, muscle, and skin that supports and protects the anterior portion of the nasal cavity; whilst the nasal cavity is the…

cells can develop on one of the vocal folds or both, and also the Subglottis. (cancer has spread to one of the vocal folds or both). Stage III the cancerous cells have spread supraglottis, glottis or subglottis. Cancerous cells found in the the supraglottis the cancer will be in other areas including in one of the lymph nodes. Cancerous cells found in the glottis the cancer has spread to the supraglottis and may have also spread to the subglottis, causing the vocal folds to not be able to…

Higuera, Valencia. “Throat Cancer.” Healthline.com, Healthline Media, 20 Dec. 2016, www.healthline.com/health/cancer-throat-or-larynx. Higuera's article on Healthline is about throat cancer, which consists of two categories: pharyngeal and laryngeal cancer (Higuera). The pharyngeal cancer is the pharynx, which is the hollow tube that runs from behind the nose to the top of the windpipe (Higuera). Laryngeal cancer is the larynx, which is your voice box (Higuera). The website offers various links…

Difference: The difference in the upper respiratory and lower respiratory tract is their location . The organs of the upper respiratory tract are located outside the chest cavity, whereas the lower respiratory tract are located inside the chest cavity. Upper respiratory tract infection, are conditions that affects the nose, sinus, pharynx or larynx. Conditions commonly are • tonsillitis, • pharyngitis, • laryngitis,sinusitis, • otitis media, • common cold. These conditions are basically…

Gaseous exchange Breathing is the body’s way of exchanging oxygen for carbon dioxide. The lungs get oxygen through alveoli. The air is transported though the trachea and diverted though the bronchi into a lung, the bronchi extends into smaller tubes called bronchioles witch at the end of them are little air sacks (the alveoli). Oxygen is needed to get into the blood stream to allow oxygen to be supplied throughout the body in order for it to function normally. It does this by gaseous exchange.…