Windpipe in a sentence

According to the BBC, both patients died a few months after the surgery, and while there was no autopsy to confirm what happened in the U.S. case, in the British one, it soon became pretty clear that the artificial windpipe wasn’t working properly.

Experts say knowing how to unblock a windpipe obstruction via the Heimlich manoeuvre will reduce the risk of the victim suffering a cardiorespiratory arrest and brain damage.

This is a form pneumonia which affects the bronchi – the tubes through the windpipe carrying air into the lungs.

Eventually, he was referred to Great Ormond Street Hospital where a scan showed there was a tumour in his neck blocking his windpipe.

Located in the neck, just in front of the windpipe, the thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland that produces hormones regulating heart rate, body temperature, and metabolism - the process of converting food into energy.

Representatives of the Institute contact as many cattlemen as possible and try to convince them to sign a document that transfers to non-Jews ownership of the windpipe and esophagus of their animals that have not yet given birth (see 320:6).

Adding to the difficulty, she was also born without an epiglottis, which prevents food from entering her windpipe.

How he struggled with it in the water, at night, without the damn thing severing his artery, windpipe or his spine, is a miracle.

Johnson, 55, said: “The bad moment came when it was 50-50 whether they were going to have to put a tube down my windpipe.

Doctors had to perform a tracheostomy, which involved slicing an opening in his neck and placing a tube in his windpipe to get air to his lungs.

He then raped her and held down her windpipe until she choked to death.

The danger, if the child became excited, was that the swollen, inflamed epiglottis would begin to spasm, blocking the windpipe.

Tumours can also develop in the glands that produce saliva, the tonsils at the back of the mouth, and the part of the throat connecting your mouth to your windpipe (pharynx).

Because it was an unseasonably cool August day, Rachel wore a scarf, which got caught in one of the go-kart’s axles, snapping her windpipe, an injury that left her without higher brain function.

Choking techniques Tracheal grip choke In executing this choking technique (ἄγχειν — anchein), the athlete grabs the tracheal area ( windpipe and " Adam's apple ") between his thumb and his four fingers and squeezes.

Henry placed his hand between the rope and the man's windpipe, thus keeping him alive, after which he revived in the cart as it was taking him away for burial.

Larynx valve structure between the trachea (windpipe) and the pharynx (the upper throat) that is the primary organ of voice production.

The fossil includes portions of the intestines, colon, liver, muscles, and windpipe of this immature dinosaur.

Tracheostomy surgical opening into the trachea (windpipe) to help someone breathe who has an obstruction or swelling in the larynx (voice box) or upper throat or who has had the larynx surgically removed.