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tracheal ring

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Main Entry: tracheal ring
Function: noun
: any of the 16 to 20 C-shaped bands of highly elastic cartilage which are found as incomplete rings in the anterior two-thirdsof the tracheal wall and of which there are usually 6 to 8 in the right bronchus and 9 to 12 in the left
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tracheal ring n.
See tracheal cartilage.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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