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Does lungs absorb food and liquid that goes down into lungs?
No. Food and liquids should not go down into the lungs. That is why one coughs excessively when food or liquid "goes down the wrong tube." Aspiration is the term for breathing food or liquid into the lungs, and frequently causes a severe pneumonitis and may result in pneumonia.
What is meant by Phelm?
It depends, are you talking about the word, the sound, or the sign? It is impossible to answer till we know which one.
How is smoking harmful to your lungs?
Your lungs are the reasons you body has Oxygen. In your lungs, we do produce mucus, which we cough up because of the cilia in our lungs. Smoking causes this cilia to not move the mucus out of your lungs which in turn causes problems.
What human action causes the lungs to become filled with air?
breathing is the human action that causes the lungs to be filled with air.
What causes Humans to breathe?
your lungs
The prevents food or liquids from getting into the lungs.?
What prevents food from getting into the lungs is an Aorta.
What prevents food or liquids from getting into lungs?
What prevents food from getting into the lungs is an Aorta.
How does somking affect your lungs?
cigarettes have tar in them that goes into your lungs which is toxic to your lungs and since it doesn't go anywhere it causes disease in your lungs.
What are the internal secretions of the body if you have cystic fibrosis?
Cystic Fibrosis patients has a sticky mucus that clogs the lungs, causes lungs infections, obstructs the pancreas, and stops natural enzymes that helps the body break down food.
What causes lungs to work there hardest?
sleeping
How can the lungs be impacted by SLE?
Inflammation of the tissues that cover the lungs and line the chest cavity causes pleuritis, with fluid accumulating in the lungs.
Do lungs have parasympathetic innervation?
Yes it does, it causes bronchoconstriction!
