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Which of the airway do not contain rings of cartilage and are therefore more likely to collapse?

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The Trachea is most likely to collapse. If you were talking about those
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The trachea is most likely to collapse because it is composed of 16-20 incomplete rings of hyaline cartilage is connected by a membrane.
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