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The mouth is the common opening for the food pipe and windpipe.
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What is the different between windpipe and gullet?
The windpipe is the pipe in which air and gasses travel down (i.e oxygen) the gullet is the pipe which our food and drink travel down
What is the real name for the windpipe?
trachea food pipe is esophagus
Starting with 'W' what is the common name for the 'trachea'?
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What is the opening of the windpipe to the outside of the body called?
The flap over the wind pipe entrance is called the epiglottis.
Why are the cartilaginous rings incomplete posteriorly?
The trachea, commonly called the windpipe, is the opening adjacent to the esophagus opening, that leads to the lungs. The cartilage rings are incomplete to allow proper collapsing, so that food can go down the right pipe.
Are the windpipe and food pipe the same in a human being?
No. The wind pipes (one leading to each lung) are called the bronchi. The food pipe, leading to the stomach, is called the esophagus.
What another term for the trachea?
The trachea is also called our windpipe. It is located parallel to the esophagus, which food passes through into the stomach. When we eat the rood of the trachea closes so food won't go into our lungs. If partial food or water enters the trachea our gag reflex occurs and we begin to cough.
What is also know as the oesophagus?
The clinical name for the food pipe is the Oesophagus. Other common names are the 'Gullet' and 'Windpipe'
What keeps food from going down the windpipe?
The food and beverages that go down the food pipe are prevented from entering the wind pipe with the help of epiglottis. When we swallow, the flap of cartilage shuts down automatically, causing it to reach the digestive system.
What is the proper word for windpipe?
Any pipe that carries wind or air, or in human terms, the trachea.
What significance of the fact that the rings of the trachea are incomplete posteriorly?
The trachea, commonly called the windpipe, is the opening adjacent to the esophagus opening, that leads to the lungs. The cartilage rings are incomplete to allow proper collapsing, so that food can go down the right pipe.
Why do we have ciliated windpipe cells?
To keep our wind pipe clean
