Air Passage

Word AIR PASSAGE
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(Of these latter animals, some have a tubular air-passage and no gills, as the dolphin and the whale: the dolphin with the air-passage going through its back, the whale with the air-passage in its forehead; others have uncovered gills, as the Selachia, the sharks and rays.) ❋ Unknown (2002)

When it is impossible to avoid extending the sides of the magazine so far out towards the skin of the ship as to leave only an air-passage on either side, the crown should be at least six feet below the deep load-line. ❋ United States. Navy Dept. Bureau Of Ordnance (N/A)

Surely you would expect that so important a member as the air-passage would be doubled for safety. ❋ John Wood Campbell (1940)

The air-passage is thus completely separated from the fauces (mouth), and the injected milk passes in a divided stream, on either side the base of the larynx, into the oesophagus. ❋ Theodore Graebner (1913)

Other complications include septic broncho-pneumonia from damage to the air-passage, and suppurative thyreoiditis. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

This has frequently followed the entrance of an extracted tooth into the air-passage, and it may be a considerable time before pulmonary symptoms arise. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

In many cases the hæmorrhage from these is trifling, but if the external jugular and other large superficial veins are divided, it may be fairly profuse, although it is seldom immediately fatal, unless the blood is sucked in to the wounded air-passage. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

The effects upon the trachea are more decided and more progressive than in parenchymatous goitre; it displaces and compresses the trachea and frequently overlaps it, so as to bury the air-passage completely. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

Operative treatment is indicated when there are symptoms referable to pressure on the air-passage, and in goitres which are steadily increasing in size. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

If the mucous membrane of the air-passage or the apex of the lung and its investing pleura is torn, emphysema of the connective tissue may develop and spread widely over the body. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

The pus may burst into the cellular tissue of the neck, or into the air-passage or the œsophagus. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

These are drawn from the mouth into the air-passage during a sudden inspiratory effort, for example while laughing or sneezing. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

When the air-passage is opened, it is usually advisable to introduce a tracheotomy tube (Fig. 273), and pack gauze round it to avoid the risk of œdema of the glottis and to prevent blood entering the lungs. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

The tongue will then fall forward and the water run out of his mouth and throat, while the windpipe, or air-passage, will be free. ❋ Ray Vaughn Pierce (1877)

By means of a small canal, called the _eustachian tube_, an air-passage and communication between the throat and middle ear is formed. ❋ Ray Vaughn Pierce (1877)

In these the floating bladder has turned into lungs, and the air-passage into a trachea. ❋ Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1876)

The upper cavity, into which the nasal canals open, now develops into the nasal cavity, the air-passage and the organ of smell. ❋ Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1876)

A few inches from the bottom of this well is an air-passage, connected with a pipe and bellows. ❋ Samuel White Baker (1857)

VENTAYLE, or "air-passage," is another name for this. ❋ Thomas Bulfinch (1831)

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