According to a veterinarian at WebMD, Dr. Vanessa Farmer, “The trachea is a flexible tube with sturdy c-shaped rings of cartilage. These cartilages keep the trachea open for air to get in and ...

As in humans, a dog’s trachea is composed of several tracheal rings made of cartilage. Several miniature, toy, and small breed dogs are predisposed to a condition called tracheal collapse in ...

Tracheal collapse occurs when the windpipe becomes flattened and the airflow in and out of the lungs is obstructed. The rings of cartilage that support the windpipe lose their strength and become ...

The air that enters the nasal cavity flows down the trachea. The trachea has a number of adaptations: cartilage rings in the walls of the trachea help to keep it open ciliated epithelium and ...