[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907) › c7.s3.t2.2 # Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.s3.t2.2 Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.s3.t2.2 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s3.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907.c7.s3.t2.2) 2. The windpipe consists of four parts, the larynx, trachea, and two bronchi (Fig. 24). These four parts are enumerated by Suśruta as four distinct bones. On the other hand, Ātreya-Charaka counts the whole organ as a single bone. Strictly speaking, of course, the organ consists not of bone at all but of cartilage; but by the ancient Indian anatomists cartilage is regarded as a kind of tender, or immature (\*taruṇa\*) bone (§ 30, p. 80). - [Previous: c7.s3.t2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907.c7.s3.t2.1) - [Next: c7.s3.t2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907.c7.s3.t2.3) - [Up: c7.s3.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907.c7.s3.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907.c7.s3.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907.c7.s3.t2.2) · Pramāṇa