Carina of trachea
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
In anatomy, the carina is a cartilaginous ridge within the trachea that runs anteroposteriorly between the two primary bronchi at the site of the tracheal bifurcation at the inferior end of the trachea.
External links
- UMichAtlas|lung_carina – “Cast of trachea and bronchi, anterior view” (#2)
- “Trachea and carina — tomogram, coronal plane” at SUNY Downstate Medical Center
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