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From the mouth to the stomach is called the espophagus.
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What is the passageway for food and air?
The Oropharynx is the common passage for food and air. Liquid, food, and air all pass through this passage.
Why can food or liquid in the mouth be expelled from the nostrils if the mouth is closed when the person laughs?
because of the same passageway of food and fluid that we take and the air that we breathe.
What is the tube that carries air and food into the body?
The pharynx, it serves as a passageway for both air and food.
Do food travel through the pharynx?
The larynx is only the passageway for air, as it is covered by the epiglottis to prevent food from entering it during swallowing. The pharynx, however, serves as a passageway for both food and air.
Which organ does food and air pass through?
The pharynx serves as a passageway for both food and air.
What structure serves as Passageway for both air and food?
Pharynx.
What structure serve as a passageway for both air and food?
Your Pharynx
Passageway for both food and air from nose to esophagus?
Pharynx I believe
Provides a common passageway for both food and air?
Mouth or esophagus
What is the function of a human's pharynx?
The pharynx is a muscular tube which serves as a passageway for both food and air.
What is the food passageway posterior to the larynx?
The esophagus is the food passageway posterior to the larynx.
What are the three main divisions of the larynx?
From superior to inferior: 1. Nasopharynx- air passageway only 2. Oropharynx- swallowed food and air pass through 3. Laryngopharynx- food and air pass through
