| tracheostomy tube |
(TRAY-kee-AHS-toe-mee) A 2-inch- to 3-inch-long curved metal or plastic tube placed in a surgically created opening (tracheostomy) in the windpipe to keep it open. Also called a trach ("trake") tube.
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| tracheae |
TRAY-kee-i Branching system of tubules that brings the outside environment in close contact with an organism's cells so that gas exchange can occur. 733
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| tracheotomy |
making a hole in the neck below the larynx to help breathing. This may be temporarily necessary after surgery, or permanently placed in the case of laryngeal tumors that are too large to be removed.
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| trachea |
the air tube supported by cartilaginous rings that stretches from the pharynx into the the thorax, where it divides into the bronchial tubes (Morris 1992).
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| tracheoesophageal fistula |
condition that occurs when there is a gap between the upper and lower segments of the esophagus, and food and saliva cannot pass through.
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