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The pharynx is a piece of cartilage that covers the entrance to the trachea when you swallow?
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What is the uppermost part of pharynx?
Cartilage rings prevent it from collapsing
What tube in the neck with rings of cartilage?
You are thinking of the trachea, or windpipe, though it is not entirely made of cartilage.
Your epiglottis folds down to block the entrance to your windpipe when you do what?
The epiglottis blocks the entrance to your windpipe when you swallow. This action prevents food from entering your trachea instead of your esophagus.
What structures does air pass through as it travels to the lungs?
The nose, pharynx, trachea, and bronchi.
What organ system includes the pharynx larynx trachea and lungs?
The pharynx is a apart of the Respiratory system
What is the uppermost part of pharynx?
Cartilage rings prevent it from collapsing
What structure connects the pharynx and the lungs?
The pharynx connects the nose and mouth to the trachea. It also serves a digestive system.
What happens to the shape of the trachea when you swallow a large mouthful of food?
The trachea is supported by C-shaped rings of cartilage. The point at which there is no cartilage is where the trachea is in contact with the oesophagus. As a large bolus of food passes down the oesophagus the elastic walls expand to accommodate it. This is made possible by the absence of cartilage on the trachea. However, the trachea is prevented from collapsing due to the supporting cartilage around the rest of it.
Describe the anatomic relationships among the larynx the trachea and the esophagus?
larynx serves as an airpassage between the pharynx and the trachea and trachea air consists of cartilage and connective tissue and extends from the lower end of the larynx into the chest cavity behind the heart . larynx and trachea is the tube called esophagus which trasports food from the pharynx to the stomach.
What maintains the trachea maintained in an open position?
The trachea is maintained in an open position by cartilaginous rings. It is also known as the windpipe and connects the pharynx and larynx to the lungs.
Compare and contrast pharynx and trachea?
its that the pharynx is big while the trachea is small :-)
What structure connects the pharynx and trachea?
the larynx or glottis connect the pharynx and trachea
How would you compare and contrast the pharynx and the trachea?
its that pharynx is big and while trachea is small
What part of your throat that acts like a gateway sending air into the lungs and food down into the stomach?
The laryngopharynx passes food to the esophagus and air to the larynx.
What is the passageway for air from the pharynx to the bronchi is the?
Trachea
What tube in the neck with rings of cartilage?
You are thinking of the trachea, or windpipe, though it is not entirely made of cartilage.
Your epiglottis folds down to block the entrance to your windpipe when you do what?
The epiglottis blocks the entrance to your windpipe when you swallow. This action prevents food from entering your trachea instead of your esophagus.
