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.
