Why are cartiladges in your trachea?

Anonymous

∙ 17y ago

Updated: 8/16/2019

The trachea needs to be sturdy but pliable, bone would be too rigid and muscle is too soft to keep it's shape through breathing and swallowing.

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∙ 17y ago

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Plural and singular for trachea?

The singular for trachea is "trachea". The plural is "tracheae".

How big is trachea?

Trachea size

What is between trachea and lungs?

the trachea

Is trachea the lung?

No trachea is not the lung.

Where does the trachea end?

tThe trachea ends at the bronchia which takes air from the trachea to the lungs.

A 12-cm tube located below the larynx is the?

That tube is the trachea.

What tube carries air to and from the lungs?

the trachea (windpipe)

What does the trachea lead to?

trachea leads to the lungs

Do amphibians have a trachea?

Anything that breathes has a trachea.

What is a insect trachea?

trachea is the breathing of insects

How does the trachea look?

because the trachea is gene

Is it true that tracheorrhagia is the rupture of the trachea?

Tracheorrhagia is bleeding from the trachea. Tracheitis is inflammation of the trachea.