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No. The windpipe is a thin-walled, cartilaginous tube descending from the larynx to the bronchi and carrying air to the lungs. It is really called the trechea. The esophagus on the other hand goes into your stomach and the food goes down it.
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∙ 13y agoThe trachea is the windpipe. When you eat or drink things, it goes into the esophagus.
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∙ 7y agoNo, the windpipe is the tube connecting the esophagus (at the larynx) to the lungs, it does not go near the stomach.
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Where does the trachea located?
Trachea is located in your thorax or chest. It divides into two branches at the lower border of the fourth thoracic vertebra.
What is located in the throat?
The windpipe (trachea) and vocal cords (larynx) are there.
What helps protect the windpipe?
rubber bander5 i think you're referring to the cartilidge located in that area to provide flexible protection to the throat?
What color is the windpipe or trachea?
It has the same coloring as the inside of your mouth.
Flap of tissue which prevents food the food from entering the windpipe when swallowing?
The epiglottis sort of hangs down in the back of the throat and it helps prevent food from entering the trachea when we eat.
Where does the trachea located?
Trachea is located in your thorax or chest. It divides into two branches at the lower border of the fourth thoracic vertebra.
Where is Larynx and windpipe located in?
The larynx is located in your throat.
Where are vocal cord found?
at the beginning of the windpipe in the throat.
What is located in the throat?
The windpipe (trachea) and vocal cords (larynx) are there.
Where is the windpipe found?
In the throat, That's the thing you feel in the front of it.
What is a incsion of the windpipe called?
A tracheotomy is a surgical procedure in which a cut or opening is made in the windpipe (trachea).
What is another word for trachea?
esophagus
What is the Medical term meaning windpipe?
The medical term for the windpipe is trachea.It is called "TRACHEA"tracheaThe tracheaTrachea.tracheaThe "windpipe" is the colloquial term for the trachea, a tube connecting the throat to the lungs.
How do the epithelium cells in the windpipe push up dustback up into the throat?
Goblet cells in the epithelium produce mucus that traps the dust and dirt that is taken into the windpipe through the mouth and nose. The long, finger-like cillia cells then sweep the mucus back up the windpipe to the throat where it can be swallowed and then destroyed in the stomach by the digestive juices and acids.
What keeps food from coming down a windpipe?
A small muscle in the back of your throat called the epiglotis.
Are cilia present in throat?
The cilia cells waft dirt and germs away from the windpipe.
What is another name for windwipe?
"Throat" is a non-medical synonym for windpipe.
