Definitions for upper respiratory tract
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1. upper respiratory tractnoun

   the nose and throat and trachea

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1. upper respiratory tractnoun

   The part of respiratory tract consisting of nose, oral cavity, pharynx and larynx.

2. upper respiratory tractnoun

   The part of respiratory tract consisting of nose, oral cavity, pharynx, larynx and trachea.

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1. upper respiratory tract

   The upper respiratory tract refers to the part of the respiratory system that consists of the organs and structures located outside the chest or thorax, including the nose, nostrils, nasal cavity, mouth, throat (pharynx), and voice box (larynx). It is primarily responsible for filtering, warming and humidifying the air we inhale before it enters the lower respiratory tract.

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1. Upper respiratory tract

   The upper respiratory tract or upper airway primarily refers to the parts of the respiratory system lying outside of the thorax or above the sternal angle. Another definition commomly used in medicine is the airway above the glottis or vocal cords. Some specify that the glottis is the defining line between the upper and lower respiratory tracts; yet even others make the line at the cricoid cartilage. Upper respiratory tract infections are among the most common infections in the world.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of upper respiratory tract in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of upper respiratory tract in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of upper respiratory tract in a Sentence

1. Mike Logan:

   The most common adverse reactions in the PPMS trial -- incidence ?10 percent -- were upper respiratory tract infections, infusion reactions, skin infections, and lower respiratory tract infections. i still struggle walking on a daily basis and have started using a cane to help me get around.

2. Mark Slifka:

   Our bodies are not worried about the upper respiratory tract.

3. Steven Munger:

   What we've known for a long time is one of the major causes of smell loss are upper respiratory tract infections due to viruses -- a common cold, influenza -- a subset of people lose their sense of smell, most of them temporarily, but a small subset lose that smell permanently.

4. Rubin Donis:

   You will not have a pandemic without a virus that replicates well in the upper respiratory tract and is easily transmitted by droplets.

5. Ujwala Kaza:

   If you are a person who tends to get a sick a lot, that means theres a background level of inflammation in your upper respiratory tract. If you then adopt a cat, which is a common trigger of allergic asthma, you may be likely to develop asthma. In reality, asthma is a very complex disease process that involves an interplay of many factors, including genetics and environmental triggers.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=upper respiratory tract
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Upper_Respiratory_Tract
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=upper respiratory tract