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What keeps food from entering the nasal cavity during swallowing?
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∙ 11y ago
The Epiglottis is a flap of tissue that redirects fluid and liquid when swallowing.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe uvula, part of the soft palate, prevents food and liquid from entering the nasal cavity when you swallow.
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∙ 12y agowell you cant really since the reason that happens it is because u sneeze or cough and the mouth is conected to the nasal cavity so when u swallow food goes up your nose
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∙ 11y agojaquasia
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How does hair in the nasal cavity protects the respiratory system?
The hair in the nasal cavity also known as cilia keeps dust and other impurities out of you nose.
Flap over the trachea that keeps food from entering your windpipe?
It is the epiglottis.
When an employer closes down a place of business and keeps the workers from entering?
a lockout.
How does mucus protect respiratory?
It keeps respiratory tract as well as lungs away from friction and provide smoothness to the pleural cavity.
What body system contains the uvula?
Since it hangs in the back of the throat and keeps food from going into your lungs, I would say it is part of the digestive system, found within the alimentary canal.
What keeps food entering the nasal cavity during swallowing?
jaquasia
What is the leaf-shaped cartilage that covers the larynx during swallowing is the?
The cartilage covering the opening of the larynx is called the epiglottis. It keeps food or liquids from entering the larynx when we swallow.
What keeps trachea covered during swallowing?
chicken noodle soup
The flap that covers the trachea?
the small flap is called the Epiglottis :)
What structure keeps air from entering your stomach?
the epiglottis
What keeps food and water from entering the lung?
the eustachian tube
What keeps food masses from entering the respiratory system?
The epiglottis is the flap that prevents food and water from entering the trachea.
How does the hair in the nasal cavity protect the respiratory system?
The hair in the nasal cavity also known as cilia keeps dust and other impurities out of you nose.
How does hair in the nasal cavity protect the respiratory system?
The hair in the nasal cavity also known as cilia keeps dust and other impurities out of you nose.
How does hair in the nasal cavity protects the respiratory system?
The hair in the nasal cavity also known as cilia keeps dust and other impurities out of you nose.
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
Lines the thoracic cavity?
The thoracic cavity is the hollow place in the body where the heart and lungs are seated. This cavity is lined with the serous membrane, which is a thin layer of tissue that secretes a liquid that keeps the organs from drying out.
