Tracheostomy - Anatomy

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.