Tiny, hairlike cilia line the respiratory tract and help protect the lungs from chemicals. Smoking eventually destroys their ability to do this. It is the chemicals present in the smoke, however, that cause cancer. Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram ...
(or windpipe) The tube between the larynx and the bronchi. Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited Translations Spanish / Español Select a language: tráquea trachea [trəˈkɪə]N(tracheas, tracheae (pl))[trəˈk...
Thetrachea(also called the windpipe) is the large tube that brings air from the nasal passages, throat, andlarynx(the upper respiratory tract) to the two large airways that branch off into each lung (bronchi). An important function of the trachea is warming and moisturizing the air, as well...
the division of the trachea into the right and left main bronchi; it occurs at the level of the fifth or sixth thoracic vertebral body and is marked internally by the presence of a carina or keellike ridge between the diverging bronchi. ...
(or windpipe) The tube between the larynx and the bronchi. Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited Translations Spanish / Español Select a language: tráquea trachea [trəˈkɪə]N(tracheas, tracheae (pl))[trəˈk...
(or windpipe) The tube between the larynx and the bronchi. Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited Translations Spanish / Español Select a language: tráquea trachea [trəˈkɪə]N(tracheas, tracheae (pl))[trəˈk...
(or windpipe) The tube between the larynx and the bronchi. Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited Translations Spanish / Español Select a language: tráquea trachea [trəˈkɪə]N(tracheas, tracheae (pl))[trəˈk...
the division of the trachea into the right and left main bronchi; it occurs at the level of the fifth or sixth thoracic vertebral body and is marked internally by the presence of a carina or keellike ridge between the diverging bronchi. Synonym(s): bifurcatio tracheae [TA], bifurcation of...