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What is your trachea's job?
to keep her smelling
What is the job that the the epiglottis performs?
Epiglottis's job is to prevent food entering the trachea and forces the food into the oesphagus.
What is the job for the trachea?
the tracheas job is to help push objects in the throat out the way so that air can get through
What is the trachea's job?
To maintain and protect the air way, by its cartilegenous ring,and traping (stiking )of tiny dust particle on the mucosal surface,and remove it by coughing up, Dr.I.A. Sheikh (MD rus) ssma 2005
Plural and singular for trachea?
The singular for trachea is "trachea". The plural is "tracheae".
Does the epiglottis let food into the trachea?
sometimes, it's known as "going down the wrong pipe". It does a good job usually.
Causes of coughing while eating in elderly?
If you mean choking/suffocation so the reason is simple. In order for the food we eat to go to the trachea instead to the esophagus, there is a cartilage tissue called the epiglottis. Its job is to block the trachea while swallowing. That is the reason we don't breath in the same time we actually swallow. When the epiglottis fails doing its job and the trachea remains open while swallowing, substances can enter the trachea (and they are definitely not welcomed there) and block it which eventually leads to the coughing you mentioned. It can happens basically if we eat very fast, or talk while eating.
Is trachea the lung?
No trachea is not the lung.
How big is trachea?
Trachea size
What is between trachea and lungs?
the trachea
Where does the trachea end?
tThe trachea ends at the bronchia which takes air from the trachea to the lungs.
A 12-cm tube located below the larynx is the?
That tube is the trachea.
