windpipes
Airways to lungs
Windpipes is the plural of windpipe, the tube that carries air from the throat to the lungs—the trachea.
The word appears in contexts involving breathing, choking, or throat injuries: Food lodged in their windpipes.
Figuratively, to grab someone by the windpipe is to seize control aggressively.
Respiratory airway tube
- bronchiMain lung air passages
- larynxSpeech-producing throat organ
- airwayPassage for breath
- cartilageFlexible connective body tissue
pharynx · esophagus · glottis · epiglottis · throat · gullet · neck · tube
Gas exchange in organisms
- inhaleDraw air in
- exhaleExpel breath outward
- oxygenElement eight, colorless gas
- airflowMovement of atmosphere
ventilation · gasp · breathe · pulmonary · diaphragm · alveoli · lungs · inspiration
Vocal fold vibration
- vocalizationProducing sounds with voice
- singingVocal music-making
- speechOral communication ability
- projectionSomething that extends outward
vibration · pitch · tone · sound · resonance · humming · crooning · belting
Easily broken or damaged
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
- strangulationDeath by neck compression
- compressionForcing into smaller space
trauma · bruising · crushing · throttling · protection · exposed · sensitive · susceptible
Graduated tube wind instrument
- pennywhistleSmall metal fipple flute
- tin whistleMetal folk flute
- fifeSmall shrill woodwind
- recorderEnd-blown wooden flute
bagpipes · didgeridoo · quena · bamboo · blow
trachea
Respiratory airway tube
cartilage · pharynx · esophagus · glottis · epiglottis · throat · gullet · neck · tube · passage
respiration
Gas exchange in organisms
airflow · ventilation · gasp · breathe · pulmonary · diaphragm · alveoli · lungs · inspiration · expiration
phonation
Vocal fold vibration
- vocalizationProducing sounds with voice
- singingVocal music-making
- speechOral communication ability
projection · vibration · pitch · tone · sound · resonance · humming · crooning · belting · whistle
fragile
Easily broken or damaged
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
- strangulationDeath by neck compression
compression · trauma · bruising · crushing · throttling · protection · exposed · sensitive · susceptible · inflammation
panpipes
Graduated tube wind instrument
- pennywhistleSmall metal fipple flute
- tin whistleMetal folk flute
- fifeSmall shrill woodwind