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The trachea is commonly called the windpipe. It is covered by the epiglottis so when a person swallows food it does NOT go into the trachea. If food enters the trachea it can clog it completely and cause a person to choke to death. If the food goes down the trachea, it can lodge in the main windpipe. If the food manages to go further, it could go to the right or left side when the trachea divides into the right and left bronchi. Air could be blocked past the food which would cause the person to suffocate.
If food enters the trachea, it generally causes a person to cough. Hopefully, the person will cough forcefully enough to remove the food. If they do not, this is when the Heimlich maneuver needs to be performed in which a person stands behind the victim and helps them force air out of the lungs with a quick hugging type maneuver.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoThey can either get someone to perform the Heimlich maneuver on them, they can perform the self-Heimlich maneuver on themselves, or they can suffocate and die.
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∙ 7y agoFood in the trachea can cause choking. Use the Heimlich maneuver to remove the food.
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Whats the pathway called air and food go down?
Food goes down the esophogaus and air goes down the trachea.
Where does the food go after it leaves your mouth?
While eating, food goes down your esophagus into your stomach, while air goes down your trachea and into your lungs.
Is your trachea your wind pipe?
No, the wind pipe goes down into the lungs and you breath through it. the oesophagus goes into your stomach and the food goes down it. it is basically like your food pipe
What goes down the trachea?
air
The trachea and the esophagus go from the what down?
Trachea goes from the mouth to the lungs. Esophagus goes from the mouth to the stomach.
What is the main difference between esophagus and the trachea?
The trachea is a part of the respiratory system while the esophagus forms part of the digestive system. Since they belong to different systems, they perform separate functions. The trachea is larger and carries gasses in and out of the lungs. The esophagus is smaller and carries food from the mouth to the stomach.
What will most likely happen when food is in the trachea?
There is a skin flap which is called the epiglottis. The epiglottis covers the trachea upon reflexes.
Do the air you breath in goes through your trachea?
Air moves from the sinuses into the trachea, the esophagus is part of the digestive tract.
DurinG swallowing does the epiglottis cover the esophagus to prevent choking?
Covers the trachea not the oesophagus since the oesophagus is where your food goes down.
What does it mean when you eat or drink something then gag?
If you mean when you kind of choke slightly, it means the food/drink almost when into you're Trachea (the branch of your throat that goes to the lungs) instead of going down your Esophagus (the branch that goes to your stomach). The cough reflex comes from you're to get the food away from the Trachea.
What does the epiglottis do?
So food or water will not enter into your windpipe and breathing system (lungs). The food and water then avoid going down the windpipe because of this flap - the epiglottis and go into the digestive track - down the esophagus.
What happends to temperature as depth of ocean increases?
The temperature goes down ie it gets colder.
