Tracheostomy

Tracheostomy - Anatomy

► The trachea is also called windpipe

► The trachea and esophagus run parallel to each other through the chest cavity.

► The esophagus is connected to the stomach, and helps in carrying food and saliva to the stomach.

► The trachea, which is connected to the lungs, carries air to the bronchi and the lungs.

► As we breathe the air passes through the throat into the trachea (windpipe).

► The trachea is then divided into the left and right bronchi.

► Each bronchus divides again and again like a branch of a tree, becoming narrower and narrower.