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Trachea

The windpipe. See Illust. of Lung.

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Tubule 76% connected

A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube.

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Tracheal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the trachea; like a trachea.

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Tracheal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the trachea; like a trachea.

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Containing whole 2

Cervix 70% connected

The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. See Illust. of Bird.

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Neck 70% connected

The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk.

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Component part 1

Epiglottis 70% connected

A cartilaginous lidlike appendage which closes the glottis while food or drink is passing while food or drink is passing through the pharynx.

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Synonym 1

Windpipe 92% connected

The passage for the breath from the larynx to the lungs; the trachea; the weasand. See Illust. under Lung.

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