Why are cartiladges in your trachea?

Anonymous

∙ 18y 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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∙ 18y ago

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Plural and singular for trachea?

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

Is trachea the lung?

No trachea is not the lung.

How big is trachea?

Trachea size

What is between trachea and lungs?

the trachea

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)

Which animal is the trachea an organ of?

Vertebrate trachea: Birds and mammals Invertebrate trachea: Insects and crustaceans

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

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

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