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• n  membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi
• n  one of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids

• They took a donor trachea, stripped it of the cells that would cause rejection, and replaced them with Snchez's own cells.
• It stabilized near normal after the throat tube relieved pressure caused by blood and mucus in the trachea.
• In a transplant first, doctors in Spain gave Claudia Lorena Castillo Sanchez, 30, a new windpipe, constructed from a donor trachea lined with Sanchez's own stem cells.

• windpipe

News & Articles

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• Sam Venable: Who knew smoking was so costly?
  Until a few days ago, I never realized how expensive smoking truly is. You’d think I’d understand by now. After all, the U.S. Surgeon General’s report was issued way back in the 1960s. Ever since, we’ve been up to our trachea tubes in warnings and advisories from both the medical profession and the government, spelling out the multiple perils of tobacco.
  July 14, 2013 - Knoxville News Sentinel
• Lung-transplant survivor faces more issues
  PHILADELPHIA -- A 10-year-old girl whose fight to obtain a lung transplant resulted in a court ruling in her favor was resting comfortably after trachea surgery, her mother said Friday.
  July 13, 2013 - Erie Times-News
• Mom: Pa. girl, lung transplant patient, recovering
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 10-year-old girl whose fight to obtain a lung transplant resulted in a court ruling in her favor was resting comfortably after trachea surgery, her mother said Friday.
  July 12, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Tom Gorzelanny in Chicago Sun-Times
  She's an awesome little girl,said teammate Tom Gorzelanny, one of Dempster's winter workout partners, along with Jeff Samardzija. "She's normal. She's running around. There's absolutely nothing wrong with her except for the trachea....
• Ryan Dempster in FOXSports.com
  The biggest thing with her is it affects her swallowing and secretions,Dempster told the Chicago Tribune. "She secretes a lot of fluid and can't swallow. She had surgery (on May 11) to have the trachea put in and a feeding tube inserted,...
• Temple Grandin in The Jew and the Carrot
  ...Grandin, who is deemed a leading expert on animal welfare in slaughterhouses by both animal welfare advocates and the meat industry (certainly including AgriProcessors), noted, "In conclusion, many of the cattle that had their trachea...