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10 unusual facts about Vertebrate trachea


Amniotic epithelial cells

Artificial heart valves and working tracheas, as well as muscle, fat, bone, heart, neural and liver cells have all been engineered using amniotic stem cells.

Donald Shiley

Shiley Labs developed and manufactured other products, especially tracheal and endotracheal tubes for respiration after surgery in the mouth or throat, and during anesthesia.

Dysphagia lusoria

It then courses behind the esophagus (or rarely in front of esophagus, or even in front of trachea) to supply blood to right arm.

Geoff Snider

During the 2009 NLL season, he was named a starter to the All-Star Game but was unable to play due to injury when he suffered a tracheal fracture (windpipe) in a game against the Edmonton Rush.

Heidi Burge

As a 5-month-old in 1972, Heidi was found to have a second aorta wrapped around and constricting her windpipe which needed to be removed through open-heart surgery.

Maximum Fighting Championship

#Throat strikes of any kind, including, without limitation, grabbing the trachea

Mina Crandon

Crandon's "teleplasmic hand" that allegedly appeared in photographs was said to resemble animal tissue and trachea, cut and sewn together.

Reynolds–Sorgi incident

The Reynolds–Sorgi Incident refers to an American college football in-game incident in which Ohio State Buckeyes linebacker Robert Reynolds choked Wisconsin Badgers quarterback Jim Sorgi, injuring Sorgi's trachea, after the play had been whistled dead.

Slovakia at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Alena Procházková participated only for one event due to inflammation of the trachea.

The Steiner Brothers

An injury to Scott's trachea in Puerto Rico, however, put the match in question, until he was replaced by longtime rival Road Warrior Animal.


Aortic arch

Aortopexy is a surgical procedure in which the aortic arch is fixed to the sternum in order to keep the trachea open.