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Trachea   /trˈeɪkiə/   Listen
Trachea

noun
(pl. tracheae)
1.
Membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi.  Synonym: windpipe.
2.
One of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids.



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"Trachea" Quotes from Famous Books



... text of Roger. But The Four Masters (Quatuor Magistri, about A.D. 1270) suggest that the canula be made of the trachea of ...
— Gilbertus Anglicus - Medicine of the Thirteenth Century • Henry Ebenezer Handerson


Words linked to "Trachea" :   neck, cervix, respiratory system, tubule, upper respiratory tract, cartilaginous tube, epiglottis, systema respiratorium


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