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The epiglottis is a flap of skin in the throat that covers the trachea (tube to your lungs) when you eat and the esophagus (tube to your digestive system) when you breathe. This keeps air from entering your stomach and food from entering your lungs. In addition, cilia and mucus line the trachea walls. They trap dust,bacteria and other bits and pieces that you don't want in your lungs.
When you eat, your breathing tube closes up, so you can swallow. That only happens after your lyrinx drops (when a toddler) because young ones need to breath when getting breast-fed. Thanks!
What? Food goes down your lungs? Jeez. I always though it went down you esophagus and into you intestines. Huh. Learn a new thing every day.
The epiglottis
There is a little flap of tissue called the epiglottis that covers the opening of the trachea whenever you eat, drink or swallow.
You have the epiglottis cartilage. Usually it is upright allowing air to pass into larynx and hence to lungs but when a person swallows, the epiglottis folds back to prevent entry to larynx
When you swallow, the epiglottis closes over the opening to the trachea. This prevents food from entering the lungs.
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What keeps food and water from entering the frogs lungs?
the eustachian tube
What keeps food and water from entering the frogs lungs inside?
the eustachian tube
What is the medical term meaning food or liquid entering the lungs?
Aspiration is the medical term meaning food or liquid entering the lungs.
What keeps food from entering the lungs?
bcoz the food goes in the food pipe and the air we breathe it goes in the wind pipe . the body automatically takes out the food incase the food enters in the body and that is why sometimes we laugh and eat so we get a sudden cough
The flap that keeps food out of the lungs?
uvula
What keeps food masses from entering the respiratory system?
The epiglottis is the flap that prevents food and water from entering the trachea.
A thin plate that stops food from entering your lungs?
epiglottis
What keeps food from going down your lungs?
epiglottis
What keeps food and water from entering the lung?
the eustachian tube
How does the epiglottis?
epiglottis closed up to protect food from entering the lungs
If both food and air enters your mout what keeps your lungs functioning?
whats prevents food from going down your lungs
What is the name of the organ that keeps food from going into the lungs?
The epiglottis
