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What is found in the back of the trachea and carries food to the stomach?
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The esophagus is located where to the trachea?
Esophagus is located on the back side of the trachea in your thorax.
What is a straight tube that carries air back to the lungs?
The trachea is the big straight tube that brings air to the lungs. The trachea then divides into main stem bronchi, lobar bronchi, segmental bronchi, bronchioles, etc.
Should the stomach expand MOUTH TO Mouth?
No, if this happens the air is travelling down the esophagus and not the trachea. To avoid this from happening, tilt the head back while giving mouth-to-mouth.
What blood part carries carbon dioxide back to the lungs to be exhaled?
The haemoglobine found in the red blood corpuscles carries the carbon dioxide in the form of carboxyhaemoglobin .
How do the cartilaginous rings of trachea looks like?
They are C-shaped, with the opening in the back so that when you swallow food, the esophagus expands into the area of the trachea to allow the food (called a bolus) to go down. This process is called deglutition. If they were not C-shaped and positioned this way, your food would not be able to go down into your stomach.
Is the trachea anterior to the spinal cord?
Yes, the trachea is anterior to (in front of) the spinal cord or, in other words, the spinal cord is posterior to (behind) the trachea.ANS2:The previous answer is 90 degrees wrong.The trachea is ventral to the spinal cord. Anterior means towards the head and posterior means towards the tail. Ventral is towards the belly and dorsal is towards the back.
What bugs eat paper?
The paper wasp. Doesn't digest the paper just chews it up, carries it around in its stomach then heaves it back up to make its nest out of.
Where is carbon dioxide found in blood?
Hemoglobin carries oxygen from the lungs to the body and carbon dioxide back from the body to the lungs.
Where does the trachea bifurcate?
AnswerThe Trachea is located below the Larynx, which is just under the Pharynx.The trachea is located in the throat, Near the Larynx. The larynx protrudes in men, causing the Adam's Apple, I'm telling you that so you can get a feel of where the Trachea is.The Trachea is a tube that comes off of your throat. The Trachea leads to your lungs and allows air to pass in and out of the body. It can be found about halfway between your stomach and the start of your esophagus. The trachea is located in the larynx. In the neck
Where is the esaphagus located?
For the source and more detailed information concerning your request, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below. Scroll down about a quarter of the page and you will see a drawing depicting the location of the esophagus.between the windpipe (trachea) & the spine
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 flow of blood from the stomach to the heart and back to the stomach?
it just goes back
