trachea

Examples

• All

• Now each of us has, at the top of our windpipe or trachea, a complex structure called the larynx, or voice box.

• We were able to intubate the trachea on the second attempt with the help of a stylet.

  Academic text (2007)

• When you start out with one tube, which is the trachea, the trachea expands.

  Andrew Huberman

• A tube was passed into his trachea, and oxygen hissed into the room.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Tumors with important occlusion of the trachea usually cause stridor and wheezing.

  Academic text (2007)

• The normal trachea is composed of C-shaped cartilage, with an average cartilage-to-posterior membrane ratio of 4.5:1.

  Academic text (2008)

• Primary adenoid cystic carcinoma of the trachea is a rare malignant neoplasm.

  Academic text (2007)

• Topical anesthesia can be successfully achieved prior to almost all endoscopic procedures of the larynx, trachea, and esophagus.

  Academic text (2004)

• During the procedure, they inserted a tube into the trachea to help the patient breathe.

• Damage to the trachea can lead to severe breathing difficulties.

Synonyms

A

airway

vstrachea

• Specialized

65 2.9

A passage in the body that carries air to and from the lungs

is the specific tube in the throat with cartilaginous rings to the bronchi

W

windpipe

vstrachea

16 2.5

A tube in the neck that carries air to the lungs

is the precise anatomical term emphasizing cartilaginous rings to the bronchi

T

trach

vstrachea

• Jargon

9.6

The tube in the throat that carries air to the lungs

is the formal medical term used for that same tube

How Essential

lung

705 1.0

respiratory organ

1 3.7

trachea

• Specialized

14 4.6

nasal cavity

• Specialized

4 4.2

nostril

72 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology