LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
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ISBN: 9781259285271
Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 25, Problem 7MC
The C-shaped cartilages in the trachea
| a. serve as a point of attachment for some muscles of exhalation. |
| b. support muscular attachments to the thyroid cartilage and epiglottis. |
| c. prevents the trachea from collapsing. |
| d. attach the trachea to the esophagus posteriorly. |
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