| Normal Trachea
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Etiology
• Not applicable.
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Pathogenesis
• Not applicable.,
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Epidemiology
• Not applicable.
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General Gross Description
• Connects larynx to major bronchi
• Tan soft mucosal surface lying on incomplete cartilaginous rings
• Rings closed posteriorly by muscularis
•Examples:
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General Microscopic Description
• Respiratory epithelium lining the organ
• Submucosal mucous glands
• Muscularis propria
•Examples:
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Clinical Correlation
• Not applicable
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References
• Cotran RS, Kumar V, Robbins SL: Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease. 5th edition. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1994, pp.
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| Normal Trachea
| | Synopsis by: Melinda Sanders M.D. (T25000M00100)[349]
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