Trachea Trachea The trachea, colloquially called the windpipe, is a cartilaginous tube that connects the pharynx and larynx to the lungs, allowing the passage of air, and so is present in almost all air-breathing animals with lungs. The trachea extends from the larynx and branches into the two primary bronchi. At the top of the trachea the cricoid cartilage attaches it to the larynx. This is the only complete tracheal ring, the others being incomplete rings of reinforcing cartilage. The trachealis muscle joins the ends of the rings and these are joined vertically by bands of fibrous connective tissue – the
Is This What You Want? the Walrus",<ref name="Staunton/RM 04">Terry Staunton, "Jackie Lomax: "Is This What You Want?"", "Record Collector", July 2004; available at Rock's Backpages (subscription required; retrieved 31 October 2012).</ref> and, conversely, pre-empting the similar-sounding "Come Together" by a full year.<ref name="Unterberger/AM">Richie Unterberger, "Jackie Lomax "Is This What You Want?"", AllMusic (retrieved 31 October 2012).</ref> Recording for "Is This What You Want?" began at EMI Studios in London in June 1968 and continued through the summer in between Harrison's work on the Beatles' White Album. While working alone at Trident Studios, down the hall from where the band were recording, Lomax was invited to