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β 16y agoTo keep food from going into the lungs.
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β 16y agoThe epiglottis is a flap of tissue that closes over the trachea when we swallow to prevent food and liquids from entering the airway. Its main function is to direct food and liquids into the esophagus, which leads to the stomach, instead of the trachea, which leads to the lungs.
The epiglottis is a flap of tissue that selectively blocks the trachea and the esophagus as needed. It blocks the esophagus, allowing flow through the trachea when breathing. It blocks the trachea, allowing flow through the esophagus when swallowing. This prevents choking and inhalation of food.
The epiglottis is a flap of tissue located in the throat that covers the trachea during swallowing, preventing food from entering. Additionally, the muscles in the throat contract to push the food down the esophagus towards the stomach, instead of allowing it to enter the trachea.
No. The epiglottis is a cartilaginous structure at the top of the larynx and behind the tongue that closes the trachea during swallowing, diverting food to the esophagus.
The epiglottis is triggered to move by the act of swallowing. When we swallow, the epiglottis closes over the trachea to prevent food and liquids from entering the airway, directing them instead to the esophagus.
The esophagus is a muscular tube that carries food and liquids from the mouth to the stomach through a series of muscular contractions called peristalsis. The epiglottis is a flap of cartilage that prevents food and liquids from entering the airway during swallowing by covering the trachea.
The epiglottis is a flap of tissue that selectively blocks the trachea and the esophagus as needed. It blocks the esophagus, allowing flow through the trachea when breathing. It blocks the trachea, allowing flow through the esophagus when swallowing. This prevents choking and inhalation of food.
The epiglottis closes the trachea when eating and drinking. After you swallow, the epiglottis re-opens the trachea and closes the esophagus.
When swallowing, the epiglottis closes off the trachea to direct food down the esophagus.
The epiglottis is a flap of tissue located at the base of the tongue in the throat. Its main function is to prevent food and liquids from entering the trachea (windpipe) during swallowing. The epiglottis closes over the trachea to direct food and liquids down the esophagus to the stomach.
The flap that covers the trachea is called the epiglottis. Its main function is to prevent food and liquid from entering the trachea when swallowing, ensuring these substances go down the esophagus instead.
The esophagus (food tube) and the trachea (wind pipe).
It's a "flap" that covers either the trachea or esophagus. It prevents you from choking. When you eat, it covers the trachea so food will go down the esophagus and not the windpipe (trachea). If food gets down your trachea, you will choke.
The throat contains the esophagus and the trachea. The esophagus is for food and the trachea is for air.
The leaf-like cartilage after the esophagus is the epiglottis. It is a flap of tissue that closes over the trachea during swallowing to prevent food from entering the airway.
No. The epiglottis is a cartilaginous structure at the top of the larynx and behind the tongue that closes the trachea during swallowing, diverting food to the esophagus.
The epiglottis closes off the trachea during swallowing to keep food and liquid from entering the trachea, and directs the food and liquid to the esophagus.
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