Trachea synthetic windpipes; however, a successful method for this method of transplant does not currently exist and development of such a method remains theoretically daunting. The word "trachea" is used to define a very different organ in invertebrates than in vertebrates. Insects have an open respiratory system made up of spiracles, tracheae, and tracheoles to transport metabolic gases to and from tissues. An adult's trachea has an inner diameter of about and a length of about 10 to 11 centimetres (4 in.). It begins at the bottom of the larynx, and ends at the carina, the point where the trachea branches
Traditional Chinese medicines derived from the human body Traditional Chinese medicines derived from the human body Li Shizhen's (1597) "Bencao gangmu", the classic materia medica of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), included 35 human drugs, including organs, bodily fluids, and excreta. Crude drugs derived from the human body were commonplace in the early history of medicine. Some of these TCM human drug usages are familiar from alternative medicine, such as medicinal breast milk and urine therapy. Others are uncommon, such as the "mellified man", which was a foreign nostrum allegedly prepared from the mummy of a holy man who only ate honey during his last days and whose corpse