1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Windpipe

​WINDPIPE, the trachea (Gr. τραχεῖα, sc. ἀρτηρία, literally, rough artery), the air tube which leads from the larynx to the bronchi and lungs (see Respiratory System).

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