In asthma, muscle spasm causes constriction of small bronchioles but not trachea because
Trachea has pseudostratified epithelium
Trachea divides into primary bronchi
Exchange of gases does not occur in the trachea
Small bronchioles lack cartilaginous rings
The trachea, primary, secondary and tertiary bronchi, and initial bronchioles are supported by incomplete cartilaginous rings.