Trachea (pl. Tracheae) At Biology Glossary

What is it? 1. the windpipe; that portion of the respiratory tube that has C-shaped cartilaginous rings and passes from the larynx to two bronchi. 2. tiny air tubes that ramify throughout the insect body for gas exchange. 3. in plants they make up part of the xylem tissue.

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