0 the tube in the body that carries air that has been breathed in from the upper end of the throat to the lungs: --
1 the tube in the body that carries air that has been breathed in from the upper end of the throat to the lungs --
It occurs when the rings that normally hold the shape of the windpipe collapse, closing the airway.
Hanging by his throat and lacking an adamantium windpipe, he releases the chain and disappears as he falls into the dark jungle.
This variation states that the machairodont compressed the windpipe after dealing the bite, serving to both suffocate and wound the prey animal.
Its long neck gives it a large amount of dead space, in spite of its narrow windpipe.
It involves the predator grasping the throat of the prey and clamping tight so that the windpipe is either crushed or blocked.
The throat contains various blood vessels, various pharyngeal muscles, the trachea (windpipe) and the esophagus.
Her windpipe was completely transected in the attack.
Although his windpipe was torn and obstructed by his destroyed larynx, the condemned man continued with rasping breaths and convulsed on the rope.