carina

English translation: carina

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Norwegian term or phrase:carina
English translation:carina
Entered by: liz askew

18:27 Aug 14, 2010
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / airway anatomy
Norwegian term or phrase: carina
Findings of bronchoscopy:

Carina er slank og midtstilt.

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Cristian Iscrulescu
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carina
Explanation:
Respiratory System
The average adult's lungs contain about 600 million of these spongy, air-filled sacs that are ... Rings are completed posteriorly by the trachealis muscle • Extends from the larynx to the carina; level with 4th and 5th thoracic vertebra ...
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carina


Explanation:
Respiratory System
The average adult's lungs contain about 600 million of these spongy, air-filled sacs that are ... Rings are completed posteriorly by the trachealis muscle • Extends from the larynx to the carina; level with 4th and 5th thoracic vertebra ...
www.ambulancetechnicianstudy.co.uk/respsystem.html - Cached - Similar

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carina


Explanation:
Carina is the same in English as in Norwegian.
Carina is a downward and backward projection of the lowest tracheal cartilage, forming a ridge between the openings of the right and left principal bronchi.
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/carina

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Tracheobronchial histopathology in habitual smokers of cocaine ...
by SE Fligiel - 1997 - Cited by 109 - Related articles
... underwent fiberoptic bronchoscopy with endobronchial biopsies of the mucosa of the primary carina and randomly selected secondary or tertiary carinae. ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9266864 - Similar
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Lysbilde 1
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... fluktuerende inspirium; Obstruksjon mellom glottis og carina ... Topical lidocaine exaggerates laryngomalacia during flexible bronchoscopy. ...
avd.rikshospitalet.no/.../2006%2002%2002%20Om%20stridor.ppt - Similar
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Fremmedlegemer i øsofagus og bronkier hos barn
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28. jan 2010 ... Vallecula, arytenoid, sinus piriformis, glottis, trachea, carina, hovedbronkier ... How to enter the pediatric airway for bronchoscopy. ...
avd.rikshospitalet.no/.../2010_01_28_Fremmedlegemer%20hos%20barn.ppt

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BRONCHOSCOPIC STUDIES IN PRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDHOOD1
by JH HUTCHISON - 1949 - Cited by 9 - Related articles
mucous membrane has broken down, and in fact the change from Type II (b) ..... Bronchoscopy on November 17 showed that the carina major was normal. The ...
qjmed.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/18/1/21.pdf

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Wiki:

the trachea (windpipe) divides into two main bronchi (also mainstem bronchi), the left and the right, at the level of the sternal angle at the anatomical point known as the carina. The right main bronchus is wider, shorter, and more vertical than the left main bronchus

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