What Is a Tracheal?

(TRAY-kee-uh) The airway that leads from the larynx (voice box) to the bronchi (large airways that lead to the lungs). Also called windpipe. Enlarge. Anatomy of the respiratory system, showing the trachea and both lungs and their lobes and airways.

What is a trachea and what does it do?

Summary. Your trachea, or windpipe, is one part of your airway system. Airways are pipes that carry oxygen-rich air to your lungs. They also carry carbon dioxide, a waste gas, out of your lungs. When you inhale, air travels from your nose, through your larynx, and down your windpipe.

What does tracheal mean?

pertaining to or connected with the trachea or tracheae. ... Botany. of the nature of or composed of tracheae or vessels.