Talk:Trachea

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[edit] Merge/Division

I think that the best thing to do here would be to divide things up between Vertebrate trachea and Invertebrate trachea.

Just saying "insect" trachea (as i have in the past) is not fully correct, as insects are just one class within the arthropod phylum to be tracheate.

There's also another invertebrate trachea, i believe in molluscs, that should be mentioned.

So the question is now... do we want two pages with a disambiguation page for "Trachea" or do we want to keep the two sections on one page?

I'm inclined to go with the disambiguation.

In that case, the merge should go ahead, with the vertebrate trachea page. james waters 20:24, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

agreed - perhaps Tracheal system would be an appropriate title for the inverts (c.f. Malpighian tubule system) Goldfinger820 21:28, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Split or not, this article needs cleanup.--FUNKAMATIC (talk) 06:23, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Insects

To the insect statement could added "...where oxygen is absorbed into the body." --azwaldo 19:42, 27 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Question

what rings keep the trachea open? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.116.153.58 (talk • contribs) 16:51, 19 September 2007

You may want to ask at Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Science. This page is for the discussion of the article, not questions about its subject, the trachea. Foobaz·o< 19:52, 19 September 2007 (UTC)