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Windpipe

WINDPIPE, the trachea (Gr. rpa.\tia, sc. apnjpta, literally, rough artery), the air tube which leads from the larynx to the bronchi and lungs (see RESPIRATORY SYSTEM).

Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)

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