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respiratory tract
(redirected from Respiratory passages)

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Noun1.respiratory tract - the passages through which air enters and leaves the body
respiratory system, systema respiratorium - the system for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide; in terrestrial animals this is accomplished by breathing
lower respiratory tract - the bronchi and lungs
upper respiratory tract - the nose and throat and trachea
tract - a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose


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The act of expelling air from the lungs suddenly and noisily, often to keep the respiratory passages free of irritating material.
Byline: BY MADELEINE BAILEY COUGHING is one of the body's main defence mechanisms and a sign that there's something in the respiratory passages that shouldn't be there.
 
 
 
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