It has both respiratory and digestive functions, serving as a common passageway for air, food and drink.
The mouth leads into the oropharynx. The mucous lining the walls of the oropharynx change slightly to adapt for handling food as well as air. It is here that the two tonsils are located. One is at the entrance from the mouth into the oropharynx, and the other is somewhat deeper.
The pharynx is a tube-like structure that connects the nasal and oral cavities to the larynx. Its function is to provide a passageway for the respiratory and digestive tracts. It has to coordinate both inspiration and swallowing while eating, or else aspiration and death may result.
The Oropharynx is the middle portion of the pharynx, its main function is to act as a common passageway for air, food, and drink.
The main job of the oropharynx is to help you swallow. It has sensitive nerves that trigger the swallowing response so that the food goes into the esophagus and not the wind pipe.
The pharynx is also called the throat. It is a passage way for air and food. It leads air the the larynx and leads food to the esophagus.
passageway for food and and air
The planarian creates a sucking movement with its pharynx in order to ingest food.
The function of the pharynx is to transfer food to the mouth to the esphagus and warm, and moiston and filter air before it moves into the trachea.
The pharynx
moves food from pharynx to crop
Internal nares allow for the passage of air from the nose to the pharynx.
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The pharynx carries air from the nose and mouth to the trachea. The pharynx also has functions in the digestive system.
The pharynx is a muscular tube which serves as a passageway for both food and air.
it swallows the food
The pharynx, usually found in segments 4 & 5, is used to swallow food.
The function of an esophagus is to conduct food between the pharynx and the stomach.
The planarian creates a sucking movement with its pharynx in order to ingest food.
The function of the pharynx is to transfer food to the mouth to the esphagus and warm, and moiston and filter air before it moves into the trachea.
The main function of the pharynx is to provide a passageway for the respiratory and digestive tracts. The pharynx is also referred to as the throat. It houses the tonsils, the uvula, epiglottis and is the entrance way to the esophagus. The pharynx or throat, allows common passageway for air into your lungs and food into your stomach. The pharynx has two roles. The upper part of the pharynx will only allow food to pass through, and the lower part of the pharynx allows air, fluids, and food to pass through.
The pharynx