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Does the epiglottis prevent food from entering the trachea?
The epiglottis closes the trachea when eating and drinking. After you swallow, the epiglottis re-opens the trachea and closes the esophagus.
The trap door that moves to cover your trachea when you swallow so you dont swallow food into your breathing tube?
esophagus....
The pharynx is a piece of cartilage that covers the entrance to the trachea when you swallow?
false
Why do people have hairs on their trachea?
The hairs on the trachea are called Cilia and are for helping lifting up the mucus up the throat. Smoking can kill these hairs and they will have to swallow the mucus.=D
What will happen if the trachea is made up of hard bones?
Food would get stuck in your throat when you tried to swallow.
When you swallow the epiglottis covers the opening to the?
The epiglottis covers the trachea, so that whatever you are swallowing does not get inhaled.
Trachea allows air to draw into the lungs?
yes you have a esophagus for when you eat food that has muscles that pushes food down to your stomach, that's why you can swallow even if your upside down and you have a trachea for air.
How does a swallow move?
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When you swallow to prevent food from entering the trachea?
Your epiglottis is a little piece of cartilage and connective tissue that covers the opening of your trachea when you swallow to prevent anything in your throat from entering your windpipe (trachea). If you inhale, hiccup, or laugh hysterically while you're swallowing, then any loose material present in the esophagus can enter your windpipe while your epiglottis is trying to let you breathe. As long as you don't inhale when you swallow, you should be fine. You might want to see a specialist if you continue to have problems.
Why can't a person not swallow food and talk at the same time?
When you swallow, the epiglottis at the back of the mouth closes to prevent aspiration of the food into the lungs. That effectively closes the layrnx, preventing speech.
Push down on trachea of fetal pig?
there is still air in the trachea. when you push down on the trachea, the air moves from the trachea and into the lungs, thus inflating it. the lings should appear to move up. be a truth seeker
What is the function of the cartilage surrounding the trachea?
they hold the trachea open, otherwise it would be squeezed flat like the esophagus when it is empty. the trachea also has bands of smooth muscle that allow the esophagus to expand into the trachea when swallowing. this is why you cant breathe and swallow at the same time.
