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First, the body makes you cough, trying to dislodge the item. Coughing will continue, but the body also begins to "fight" the item as an invader. It tries to wall it off. This activity triggers mucous to collect aaround the item, which can increase coughing. If coughing dislodges the item, the body's defenses stand down, but macrophages still do clean up afterward.
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What causes a person to cough?
Coughing is caused by when your trachea or bronchi gets a small object inside that irritates it.
What happens when a bolus gets stuck in the trachea?
What happens when a bolus gets stuck in the trachea is that it makes breathing difficult. If the food is not removed from the trachea, the person could die.
Which reflex action happens when dust gets into the trachea?
You simply cough.
What does the bronchioles do in the respiratory system?
The bronchi are the tubes which carry air from the trachea to the inner recces of thelungs, where it can transfer oxygen to the blood in the alveoli. Two main bronchi, the right and left bronchus, branch off of the low end of the trachea in what is called the tracheal bifurcation. One bronchus extends into each of the right and left lung. The bronchi continue to divide into smaller passageways, called bronchioles, forming a tree- like network of branches which extends throughout the spongy
Where does oxygen go after its in your mouth?
After the mouth (or nose), oxygen (as part of the air) goes down your trachea, into the bronchi, and through the bronchioli, into the alveoli, where it enters the blood and gets taken via the blood to the various parts of your body.
What happens to a solute?
It gets dissolved in something else.
What happens when something gets too close to a black hole?
It will fall into the black hole. The same happens if something gets too close the Sun, for example - it will fall into the Sun.
Job of the trachea?
Your trachea, or windpipe, allows air to come into your body and through your lungs. If food gets trapped inside your trachea, you cannot breathe.
What happens once you have recycled something?
it gets made into new things
What is a definition for cause and effect?
when something happens and that thing gets a effect.
What is epiglottis and what is its purpose?
It's a "flap" that covers either the trachea or esophagus. It prevents you from choking. When you eat, it covers the trachea so food will go down the esophagus and not the windpipe (trachea). If food gets down your trachea, you will choke.
What is the trachea structure?
your trachea is the tube in your neck that gets the oxygen to your lungs when you inhale (breathe in) and ejects carbon dioxide when you exhale (breathe out)
