Definition of trachea

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Trachea (n.) One of the respiratory tubes of insects and arachnids.

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Trachea :: Trachea (n.) The windpipe. See Illust. of Lung.
Protracheata :: Protracheata (n. pl.) Same as Malacopoda.
Tracheitis :: Tracheitis (n.) Inflammation of the trachea, or windpipe..
Tracheae :: Tracheae (pl. ) of Trache.
Trachenchyma :: Trachenchyma (n.) A vegetable tissue consisting of tracheae.
Throttle :: Throttle (n.) The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand..
Spiracle :: Spiracle (n.) One of the external openings communicating with the air tubes or tracheae of insects, myriapods, and arachnids. They are variable in number, and are usually situated on the sides of the thorax and abdomen, a pair to a segment. These openings are usually elliptical, and capable of being closed. See Illust. under Coleoptera..
Tracheobranchia :: Tracheobranchia (n.) One of the gill-like breathing organs of certain aquatic insect larvae. They contain tracheal tubes somewhat similar to those of other insects.
Tracheary :: Tracheary (a.) Tracheal; breathing by means of tracheae.
The Gapes :: The gapes () A disease of young poultry and other birds, attended with much gaping. It is caused by a parasitic nematode worm (Syngamus trachealis), in the windpipe, which obstructs the breathing. See Gapeworm..
Larynx :: Larynx (n.) The expanded upper end of the windpipe or trachea, connected with the hyoid bone or cartilage. It contains the vocal cords, which produce the voice by their vibrations, when they are stretched and a current of air passes between them. The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammals, is protected by a lidlike epiglottis..
Pauropoda :: Pauropoda (n. pl.) An order of small myriapods having only nine pairs of legs and destitute of tracheae.
Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) One of the external openings of the tracheae of insects, myriapods, and other arthropods; a spiracle..
Prototracheata :: Prototracheata (n. pl.) Same as Malacopoda.
Tracheal :: Tracheal (a.) Of or pertaining to the trachea; like a trachea.
Tracheate :: Tracheate (n.) Any arthropod having tracheae; one of the Tracheata.
Peritracheal :: Peritracheal (a.) Surrounding the tracheae.
Tracheoscopy :: Tracheoscopy (n.) Examination of the interior of the trachea by means of a mirror.
Artery :: Artery (n.) The trachea or windpipe.
Tracheary :: Tracheary (n.) One of the Trachearia.
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