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How to use trachea in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun

Trachea means a thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi. Example: “The doctor is about to intubate the patient's trachea.”

More sentences with trachea

  • The doctor is about to intubate the patient's trachea.From the entry intubate
  • Gravity does the rest as Jane's vomit spills back into her trachea.2016 October, Bryan Cranston, quoting John Shiban, Breaking Bad #212 "Title TBD" Writer's Draft, September 17, 2008, quoted in Life in…. From the entry gack
  • Amaurobioids are characterized by slender unbranched tracheal tubes, while dictynoids should have at least the median tracheae strongly branched.2001, Diana Silva, A phylogenetic approach to the classification and diversity of ctenid spiders (Araneae : Ctenidae) with a taxonomic…. From the entry amaurobioid
  • Ruttling, heard readily without a stethoscope, is due to air bubbling through fluid in the trachea or bronchi.1973, Ronald Illingworth, Common Symptoms of Disease in Children, page 144. From the entry ruttle
  • A subsequent molting of the intima of the trachea opens a connection between the lumen of the tracheole and the trachea.1920, John Henry Comstock, An Introduction to Entomology, page 118. From the entry tracheole
  • Now a white-backed rams its head down the wildebeest’s throat and yanks out an eight-inch length of trachea, ribbed like a vacuum hose.2015 December, Elizabeth Royte, “Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them.”, in National Geographic, archived from the…. From the entry yank
  • One squamous cell carcinoma of the lower trachea with involvement of right main bronchus and invasion extraluminally, its longitudinal involvement was 53.7 mm (Fig 1).2015 September 3, “Diagnostic Value of Multidetector CT and Its Multiplanar Reformation, Volume Rendering and Virtual Bronchoscopy…. From the entry extraluminally
  • In addition to book lungs most spiders also have a second respiratory system in the form of paired tracheae; Atypus has none.1996, Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe, page 16. From the entry book lung
  • The patient was thoroughly uncomfortable and suffered from a deoxidized condition of the blood incident to the mutilization of the pharynx and trachea.1920, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, Military Medicine. From the entry mutilization
  • Dorsal outline of the posteriro region of abdomen showing honey-tube within which are small characcteristic bodies and a fine tube which resembles a trachea.1908 January, C. F. Jackson, “Notes on the Aphididae”, in Ohio Naturalist, volume 8, number 3, page 249. From the entry honey tube
  • Rectal tracheal gills: lamelliform structures in the rectum of the nymphs of some Odonata, supplied with trachea and tracheoles and serving as respiratory organs.1906, John. B. Smith, Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology. From the entry lamelliform
  • One adenoid cystic carcinoma of trachea displayed as polypiform mass and protruded into endolumen with a wide base, homogeneous density, and fairly smooth and regular margin.2015 September 3, “Diagnostic Value of Multidetector CT and Its Multiplanar Reformation, Volume Rendering and Virtual Bronchoscopy…. From the entry endolumen
  • A complete hemostasis is achieved with a minimal risk of injury to the trachea when using level 3 with the blunt side of the active blade.2005, W. Feil, Ultrasonic energy for cutting, coagulating, and dissecting, page 158. From the entry hemostasis
  • The ultimate persistence of only one main vascular arch, the left, as the aorta, permits the trachea and oesophagus to lie freely to its right side.1959 September, F. Ronald Edwards, “Vascular Compression of the Trachea and Oesophagus”, in N[orman] R[upert] Barrett, J[ohn] G[uyett]…. From the entry obliterate
  • Keloplasty in the area of larynx and trachea is performed with the use of Ho-YAG laser, with shallow effect, regardless of the density of tissue, enabling coagulation of vascular vessels.2003, Wiesław Woliński, Zdzisław Jankiewicz, Ryszard S. Romaniuk, Laser technology VII.: 23-27 September, 2002. From the entry keloplasty

Meaning of trachea

  1. noun A thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi.
  2. noun The xylem vessel.
  3. noun One of the cuticle-lined primary tubes in the respiratory system of an insect, which extend throughout its body.

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Questions about trachea in a sentence

How do you use trachea in a sentence?
Trachea is used as a noun. For example: “The doctor is about to intubate the patient's trachea.”
What is a short sentence with trachea?
“The doctor is about to intubate the patient's trachea.”
What does trachea mean?
Trachea means a thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi.

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