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carina /ca·ri·na/ (kah-ri´nah) pl. cari´nae   [L.] a ridgelike structure.
carina tra´cheae  a downward and backward projection of the lowest tracheal cartilage, forming a ridge between the openings of the right and left principal bronchi.
carina urethra´lis vagi´nae  the column of rugae in the lower anterior wall of the vagina, immediately below the urethra.
ca·ri·na (k-rn, -r-)
n. pl. ca·ri·nae (-n)
A keel-shaped ridge or structure, such as the ridge on the under surface of the fornix of the brain.
carina
pl. carinae [L.] a ridgelike structure.
carina apex
the most cranial point of the keel of the sternum of birds.
sternal carina
the keel of the sternum, as in birds and horses.
carina tracheae
a ridge between the openings of the right and left principal bronchi.
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Before the flange is secured to the patient's neck, its position can be adjusted to create a tube of almost any desired length, even long enough to reach the tracheal carina.
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