Windpipe
noun
The tube that carries air from your throat to your lungs.
He opened his mouth to breathe, but no air went down his windpipe
Often appears as...
- choke on windpipe
- clear one's windpipe
noun
The tube that carries air from your throat to your lungs.
He opened his mouth to breathe, but no air went down his windpipe
Often appears as...
- choke on windpipe
- clear one's windpipe
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Breathing Essential
The windpipe is crucial for breathing; when blocked, it can be life-threatening.
During the meal, a piece of food got lodged in his windpipe, causing him to cough violently.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Context
Windpipe is often used in medical or emergency situations to describe airway issues.
The paramedics checked her windpipe for signs of obstruction.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Term
Although 'trachea' is the scientific term, 'windpipe' is more commonly used in everyday language.
He grabbed his throat, indicating that something was stuck in his windpipe.
Pro Tip 1/3Breathing Essential
The windpipe is crucial for breathing; when blocked, it can be life-threatening.
During the meal, a piece of food got lodged in his windpipe, causing him to cough violently.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Context
Windpipe is often used in medical or emergency situations to describe airway issues.
The paramedics checked her windpipe for signs of obstruction.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Term
Although 'trachea' is the scientific term, 'windpipe' is more commonly used in everyday language.
He grabbed his throat, indicating that something was stuck in his windpipe.
Pro Tip 1/3Breathing Essential
The windpipe is crucial for breathing; when blocked, it can be life-threatening.
During the meal, a piece of food got lodged in his windpipe, causing him to cough violently.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Context
Windpipe is often used in medical or emergency situations to describe airway issues.
The paramedics checked her windpipe for signs of obstruction.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Term
Although 'trachea' is the scientific term, 'windpipe' is more commonly used in everyday language.
He grabbed his throat, indicating that something was stuck in his windpipe.
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Anthony Atala: Growing...
then we'd rather use your very own cells. Why? Because they will not reject. We can take cells from you, create the structure, put it right back into you, they will not reject. And if possible, we'd rather use the cells from your very specific organ. If you present with a diseased wind pipe we'd like to take cells from your windpipe.
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Why can parrots talk? -...
located at the base of its windpipe. Many other birds have two vibrating membranes within this organ. But parrots, like us, have just one. As sounds leave the airway, parrots shape them using their tongues and beaks. They can do this because they have especially flexible, powerful tongues that help them manipulate seeds and nuts.
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This is How a Lynx Kills...
teeth around the windpipe and strangle the air at the animal death will come really really quickly probably within a minute in all probability after it killed this animal it was frightened away by something and it might come back and feed again tonight so our best
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Rattlesnake Eating a...
having at the base of their tongue the top of their windpipe and it's literally like a muscular tube and they can you can just see the front of the mouth there you just saw opening close they can use it to basically help them allow
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Strangled by a Boa...
So, now you can see quite a lot of the snake's bulk is going to straight around my neck. Around here is where my windpipe is, where air comes in and out of my lungs and also where the arteries are that carry blood to my brain.
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Lion Pride vs. Buffalo PIPE...
finally a male line locks onto the buffalos throat crushing her windpipe it will be a slow agonizing death it's a gruesome sight but the Lions must eat as well this kill means a renewed chance of life for them
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Lion Pride vs. Buffalo PIPE...
finally a male line locks onto the buffalos throat crushing her windpipe it will be a slow agonizing death it's a gruesome sight but the Lions must be as well this kill means a renewed chance at life for them
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Leather and meat without...
like ears, windpipes, skin, blood vessels and bone, that have been successfully implanted into patients. And beyond medicine, biofabrication can be a humane, sustainable and scalable new industry.
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How Snakes Survive Off...
around its meal the snake can't breathe in a normal way but it's able to push the top of its windpipe right out of its mouth and so continue to take in air
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Harsh Reality of Saving...
tries to do is get a prairie dog around the neck and crush its windpipe and it's fixie ate the animal many times the first prey dog that's
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Anthony Atala: Growing...
then we'd rather use your very own cells. Why? Because they will not reject. We can take cells from you, create the structure, put it right back into you, they will not reject. And if possible, we'd rather use the cells from your very specific organ. If you present with a diseased wind pipe we'd like to take cells from your windpipe.
Video examples
Why can parrots talk? -...
located at the base of its windpipe. Many other birds have two vibrating membranes within this organ. But parrots, like us, have just one. As sounds leave the airway, parrots shape them using their tongues and beaks. They can do this because they have especially flexible, powerful tongues that help them manipulate seeds and nuts.
Video examples
This is How a Lynx Kills...
teeth around the windpipe and strangle the air at the animal death will come really really quickly probably within a minute in all probability after it killed this animal it was frightened away by something and it might come back and feed again tonight so our best
Video examples
Rattlesnake Eating a...
having at the base of their tongue the top of their windpipe and it's literally like a muscular tube and they can you can just see the front of the mouth there you just saw opening close they can use it to basically help them allow
Video examples
Strangled by a Boa...
So, now you can see quite a lot of the snake's bulk is going to straight around my neck. Around here is where my windpipe is, where air comes in and out of my lungs and also where the arteries are that carry blood to my brain.
Video examples
Lion Pride vs. Buffalo PIPE...
finally a male line locks onto the buffalos throat crushing her windpipe it will be a slow agonizing death it's a gruesome sight but the Lions must eat as well this kill means a renewed chance of life for them
Video examples
Lion Pride vs. Buffalo PIPE...
finally a male line locks onto the buffalos throat crushing her windpipe it will be a slow agonizing death it's a gruesome sight but the Lions must be as well this kill means a renewed chance at life for them
Video examples
Leather and meat without...
like ears, windpipes, skin, blood vessels and bone, that have been successfully implanted into patients. And beyond medicine, biofabrication can be a humane, sustainable and scalable new industry.
Video examples
How Snakes Survive Off...
around its meal the snake can't breathe in a normal way but it's able to push the top of its windpipe right out of its mouth and so continue to take in air
Video examples
Harsh Reality of Saving...
tries to do is get a prairie dog around the neck and crush its windpipe and it's fixie ate the animal many times the first prey dog that's
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Michio Kaku
American Physicist
Already from your own cells scientists can grow skin, cartilage, noses, blood vessels, bladders and windpipes. In the future, scientists will grow more complex organs, like livers and kidneys. The phrase 'organ failure' will disappear.
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Michio Kaku
American Physicist
Already from your own cells scientists can grow skin, cartilage, noses, blood vessels, bladders and windpipes. In the future, scientists will grow more complex organs, like livers and kidneys. The phrase 'organ failure' will disappear.
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