trachea
Medical term Body Structures and Organ Systems
The windpipe: a tube of cartilage rings that carries air from the larynx to the bronchi.
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Free practice questions that use trachea
- Body Structures and Organ Systems, question 5Where in the lungs does gas exchange between air and blood take place?
Related terms
- bronchiThe main airways that branch from the trachea into the lungs.
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- larynxThe voice box, between the pharynx and trachea.
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