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TRAY-kee-i Branching system of tubules that brings the outside environment in close contact with an organism's cells so that gas exchange can occur. 733
Ãâó: www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/life/glossaryt.mhtml
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| tracheae |
Internal tubes through which air is taken for respiration. Vertebrates with lungs have a single trachea carrying air to the lungs, while insects and some other land-living arthropods have a complex network of tracheae carrying air from the spiracles to all parts of the body.
Ãâó: paleo.cortland.edu/tutorial/Glossary/glossary.htm
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| tracheaectasy |
Dilatation of the trachea.
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