Trachea
Netter 198/202
•Mobile cartilaginous and membranous tube
•Approx. 5 inches long and
1 inch diameter
1 inch diameter
•Starts at lower border
of cricoid cartilage
(at C6 vertebra)
of cricoid cartilage
(at C6 vertebra)
•Bifurcation into
right and left main (primary) bronchi at level of sternal angle, (between T4 and T5 vertebrae)
right and left main (primary) bronchi at level of sternal angle, (between T4 and T5 vertebrae)
Brantigan
1-61
sternal angle
(C6)
Drake (Gray) 3.51