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How is food and drink prevented from entering the respiratory passageways during swallowing?
Good question! The respiratory tube is placed in front of the food tube. The food should normally enter the respiratory passage. That would have disastrous results. But the same is protected by the flap called as epiglottis. This stands upright normally, when you breath. It closes temporarily the opening of the respiratory passage, when you are swallowing the food bolus. The food you swallow is either liquid or made into bolus by the saliva. You can not swallow the powder. It may enter the respiratory tract. This is one of the beautiful mechanism. You have thousands of such designs in your body. I believe that such designs are possible for God only.
What is the flap the closes off the larynx and prevents food and water from entering the larynx during swallowing?
It's called the 'epiglottis'.
Is it possible to smell underwater?
No. Unless you're in a Submarine or you're in a container that is complete blocked off from water while submerged in it. In order for you to smell, air must be present so the chemical compounds of what you're trying to smell can move freely. Also your nasal passages must be clear so that the receptors in your nose can receive these compounds. Water completely blocks everything.
What blocks the eustachian tube?
The tube is sometimes blocked off due to exudates or inflammatory processes
What are polyps?
a nasal polyp is a soft body tissue formed into a ball form. Nasal polyp's are usually found in the nose or in the colon. Nasal polyp's can be removed by surgery or laser surgery. Polyps can cause blockage in your nose if it is in the nasal area.
What is Blocks off nasal passages during swallowing?
I am highly uneducated, so I would say the Trachea
Blockes off nasal passages during swallowing?
the uvula
Do you need your uvula?
No, however it does play a role in swallowing. The nasal and oral cavity share a common point in your windpipe: the pharynx. This is why you can breathe through your mouth and your nose. When swallowing is initiated, the uvula moves upwards to block off the nasal passage to prevent food/liquid from entering it, which is why it's impossible to breathe at the same time.
What will this surgery do?
The surgery may alter the appearance of your nose, take off your dorsal hump, refine your nasal tip, augment or decrease the height of your nose, improve your contour and your nasal passage.
What is the function of the soft palate?
The function of the soft palate is to prevent food from entering the nasal cavity during chewing and swallowing.
How do you get high off nasal spray?
apparently you cannot
What rises to close off the nasal passageway?
Soft Palate
How do animals eat their prey?
By biting pieces off, chewing, and swallowing.
What is a flap of skin that shuts off the passage to the lungs?
The flap of skin that shuts off the passage to the lungs is called the epiglottis.
What happens after they take the packing out after nasal surgery?
your nose falls off
Is curious an adverb or adjective in He broke off singing in his curious nasal voice?
The word curious is an adjective, along with nasal, as both modify "voice."
Why are you disqualified from swimming for moving on the blocks?
because it may give you unfaif momentum off the blocks
