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What is the throat of a tornado?
its called the tornado tube
What is livestock drenching?
drenching is a term for getting liquid down an animals throat when it can't swallow on it's own. It involves sticking a tube down the animals throat and pouring liquid down the tube
What is a respirative system?
Its a tube inserted through your trachea (throat)... usually used when you can't breathe properly through mouth or nose.
When a patient is intubated do you go NG or OG?
Neither. An NG tube is a nasal gastric tube which is inserted through the nose extending into the stomach to evacuate the stomach contents. An OG tube goes down the throat into the stomach for the same reason. Now there can be a nasal intubation if there is oral surgery being done.
What is the function of the tube that leads from the middle ear to the throat?
The Eustachian joins the ear to the throat
What is the name of the structure that tries to prevent food going down the wrong tube?
It's a flap of skin at the back of the throat - called the 'Epiglottis'
What is the esophagas job?
It is a muscular tube that pushes food down from the throat to the stomach
What is the passege between the throat and the tympanic cavity called?
Eustachian tube
What connects the eardrum to the throat?
The Eustachian tube which drains fluid from the eardrum to the throat The tube is about 3.6cm long, made up of cartilage and bone, and lined with very tiny hairs (called cilia). It is connected to the cavity of the middle ear, and at the bottom opens into the nasopharynx (located in the back of the mouth). If excess fluid builds up in the middle ear, it drains down the Eustachian tube into the throat.
What are possible risks of endolymphatic shunt treatment?
discomfort in the operated ear and the throat (from the breathing tube inserted during surgery), which can be controlled by such analgesic medications as meperidine
What is it called when a patient can breath because there throat shuts completely and the doctor has to cut a slot in there throat to insert a plastic breathing tube?
Its called a Tracheostomy.
What is the tube which food passes through?
A naso/orogastric tube. They are inserted either throught the nostril or mouth, down the pharynx, into the oesphagus and finally into the stomach.
