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What significance of the fact that the rings of the trachea are incomplete posteriorly?

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Where is the esophagus located in the ventral or dorsal?

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Is the esophagus or the trachea on the dorsal side of the pig?

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What is the function of a throat?

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Where is the esophagus located in correspondence with the trachea?

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What are the names of the cartilages that support the trachea?

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The trachea and the esophagus go from the what down?

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The esophagus is located where to the trachea?

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