2007-05-04 13:08:15 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
Medical Definition: the cartilaginous and membranous tube descending from the larynx and branching into the right and left main bronchi (Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary)
Simplified definition: the tube in the body which carries air that has been breathed in from the upper end of the throat to the lungs (Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
2007-05-04 13:14:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The trachea is an important part of the vertebrate respiratory system..It is the bony tube that connects nose to the mouth and lungs. Any damage incurred to the trachea, can be life threatening.
2007-05-04 13:17:03 · answer #2 · answered by howdoilvthee 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The trachea is your windpipe
2007-05-04 13:12:23 · answer #3 · answered by Sammi G 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Basically, it's your windpipe. It's a thin-walled tube connected with the larynx and your lungs and bronchi. It's made of cartilage.
2007-05-04 13:15:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The wind pipe. It is in front of the esphagous and connects to the bronchial tubes which go to the lungs
2007-05-04 13:24:54 · answer #5 · answered by sgc12 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A tube that air passes through on the way to the lungs.
2007-05-04 13:10:32 · answer #6 · answered by Misty M 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's your windpipe, a "pipe" that carries "wind" into your lungs. It carries oxygen to your lungs when you breath
2007-05-04 13:17:33 · answer #7 · answered by lil' one 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Part of the throat that you breath through, into your lungs
2007-05-04 13:11:18 · answer #8 · answered by Up your Maslow 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the body part called the throat, that they put the thingy down to help you breathe.
2007-05-04 13:11:19 · answer #9 · answered by dtwladyhawk 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
throat
2007-05-04 13:20:15 · answer #10 · answered by xup04_dime 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋