loading...| Preferred Name |
trachea |
| Synonyms |
vertebrate trachea tracheal tubule cartilaginous trachea windpipe |
| Definitions |
The trachea is the portion of the airway that attaches to the bronchi as it branches [GO:dph]. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003126 |
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| database_cross_reference |
EMAPA:16853 CALOHA:TS-1060 OpenCyc:Mx4rvViOX5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA EHDAA2:0002066 VHOG:0000371 EFO:0000935 BTO:0001388 EHDAA:3078 GAID:361 XAO:0000118 AAO:0010140 MA:0000441 MAT:0000137 MIAA:0000137 UMLS:C0040578 FMA:7394 EV:0100040 NCIT:C12428 MESH:D014132 http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181213009 |
| definition |
The trachea is the portion of the airway that attaches to the bronchi as it branches [GO:dph]. |
| depicted_by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Illu_conducting_passages.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Illu_conducting_passages.svg |
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| external_definition |
An elongated tube which carries air to and from the lungs.[AAO] The respiratory tube between the larynx and the bronchi. [Bemis_WE, Functional_Anatomy_of_the_Vertebrates:_An_Evolutionary_Perspective, Glossary_G-29, Grande_L, Liem_KF, Third_Edition_(2001)_Orlando_Fla.:_Harcourt_College_Publishers, Walker_WF][VHOG] |
| has_exact_synonym |
vertebrate trachea cartilaginous trachea windpipe |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
tracheal tubule |
| has_relational_adjective |
tracheal |
| homology_notes |
In primitive fishes and most tetrapods, the lungs of adults are usually paired. They lie ventral to the digestive tract and are connected to the outside environment through the trachea.[well established][VHOG] |
| id |
UBERON:0003126 |
| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#major_organ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim |
| label |
trachea |
| located_in | |
| notation |
UBERON:0003126 |
| part_of | |
| prefLabel |
trachea |
| taxon_notes |
In birds, the trachea runs from the pharynx to the syrinx, from which the primary bronchi diverge. Swans have an unusually elongated trachea, part of which is coiled beneath the sternum; this may act as a resonator to amplify sound. In some birds, the cartilagenous rings are complete, and may even be ossified. In amphibians, the trachea is normally extremely short, and leads directly into the lungs, without clear primary bronchi. A longer trachea is, however found in some long-necked salamanders, and in caecilians. While there are irregular cartilagenous nodules on the amphibian trachea, these do not form the rings found in amniotes. The only vertebrate to have lungs, but no trachea, is Polypterus, in which the lungs arise directly from the pharynx. in mouse 15-18 C-rings, 15-20 in human. |
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