respiratory airway
An airway through which respiratory air passes in organisms. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trachea ]
Term info
respiratory airway
uberon_slim, grouping_class
This class generically groups trachea and analagous structures throughout metazoa. Consider renaming, as the term could be taken to mean lumen of tracheal system (e.g. in SNOMED). As a grouping class this is quite vague, as it is not clear where the airway begins and ends
airway, airways
uberon
UBERON:0001005
Term relations
- compound organ
- anatomical conduit
- channel for some air in respiratory system
- part of some respiratory system