tracheal cartilage/ring
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Introduction
The 16-20 incomplete rings of hyaline cartilage forming the skeleton of the trachea.
- rings are deficent posteriorly from 1/5th to 1/3rd of their circumference
More general terms
References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.