In the adult, cartilage is more restricted in its distribution, but it forms the articular surfaces of diarthrodial joints, the skeleton of the external ear and the septum of the nose, supporting ...

Tracheal collapse occurs when the windpipe becomes flattened and the airflow in and out of the lungs is obstructed. The rings ...

At postmortem examination, the trachea and bronchi were flaccid ... Samples of auricular cartilage and intervertebral disc showed no abnormality. Histology from all other organs was unremarkable. It ...

The strap muscles were divided centrally, and the trachea was exposed from the cricoid cartilage and mobilised anteriorly along ... was mobilised and placed between the trachea and the oesophagus. The ...