tracheal bifurcation
(redirected from bifurcatio tracheae)tracheal bifurcation
[TA]the division of the trachea into the right and left main bronchi; it occurs at the level of the fifth or sixth thoracic vertebral body and is marked internally by the presence of a carina or keellike ridge between the diverging bronchi.
Synonym(s): bifurcatio tracheae [TA], bifurcation of trachea
bifurcation
1. a division into two branches.
2. the point at which division into two branches occurs.
tracheal bifurcation
termination of the trachea, where it divides into two principal bronchi.