epiglottis
Aspiration is the medical term meaning food or liquid entering the lungs.
It stops food & drink going into the lungs
the eustachian tube
epiglottis closed up to protect food from entering the lungs
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the eustachian tube
The epiglottis a flap of skin that stops food from entering your windpipe.
Prevents food and water entering the lungs
Food can be prevented from entering the larynx if a person has issues with eating, or if their esophagus is giving them problems. Large food pieces can cause this as well.
The epiglottis covers the opening to the trachea when swallowing - thereby preventing food/drink entering the trachea and 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 epiglottis normally keeps this from happening.* How The Epiglottis Works:When you swallow, a small flap - called the epiglottis - briefly covers the top of the windpipe (or trachea) so that food goes the right way, into the digestive system, and not the wrong way, into the respiratory tract.The flap can't stay down all the time, or you would not be able to breathe! Sometimes a little food or liquid does get into the windpipe - perhaps if you ingest it very quickly - and that's when you cough to get it out again.When you swallow, the epiglottis should automatically cover the windpipe, so swallowing is a good way to suppress a cough if you are somewhere where you don't want to make a noise...