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 ...

The trachea, or windpipe, is a flexible tube made of cartilage rings that meet at a thin muscle called the trachealis muscle. The trachea collapses because the dog’s cartilage rings are ...

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 ...