- Tracheobronchial tree
The tracheobronchial tree is the structure from the
trachea ,bronchi , andbronchiole s that forms theairway s that supplyair to thelung s. It is within the neck and the chest.cite journal |author=Johnson SB |title=Tracheobronchial injury |journal= Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=52–57 |year= 2008 |pmid=18420127 |doi=10.1053/j.semtcvs.2007.09.001 |url=http://journals.elsevierhealth.com/retrieve/pii/S1043-0679(08)00011-7] The structure looks like a tree because the trachea splits into the right and left mainstembronchi , which "branch" into more progressively smaller structures. The lining of the tracheobronchial tree consists of ciliated columnar epithelial cells.cite book |author=Moore EJ, Feliciano DV, Mattox KL |title=Trauma |publisher=McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division |location=New York |year=2004 |pages=545 |isbn=0-07-137069-2 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate= 2008-06-15 |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=VgizxQg-8QQC&pg=PA545&dq=tracheobronchial&client=firefox-a&sig=ATbisz-qr_r2zxfALuU6LnKYdYI#PPA544,M1] Injuries to the tracheobronchial tree are potentially fatal because they can interfere withbreathing .cite journal |author=Chu CP, Chen PP |title=Tracheobronchial injury secondary to blunt chest trauma: Diagnosis and management |journal=Anaesth Intensive Care |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=145–52 |year=2002 |month=April |pmid=12002920 |doi= |url=]ee also
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Tracheobronchial lymph nodes References
External links
* [http://www.pulmonologychannel.com/anatomy.shtml Respiratory System/Pulmonary Anatomy]
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