An airway through which respiratory air passes in organisms. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trachea ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it
Term information
database
cross reference
- Wikipedia:Trachea
- FMA:265130
- SCTID:361380005
Subsets
uberon_slim, grouping_class
curator note
This class generically groups trachea and analagous structures throughout metazoa. Consider renaming, as the term could be taken to mean lumen of tracheal system (e.g. in SNOMED). As a grouping class this is quite vague, as it is not clear where the airway begins and ends