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What is the name of the pipe that food goe down after you swallow it?
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∙ 6y ago
The name of the tube that food goes down when you swallow is called your esophagus.
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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 term given to movement in food pipe?
swallow
What is the name of the long pipe that shifts food of your throat down to your stomach?
Esophagus
What is the name of the pipe that shifts food from the back of your throat down to your stomach?
The esopahagus is the pipe that moves food from your throat to your stomach. No digestion occurs in the esopagus, only transport.
What is the name of the long pipe that shift food from the back of your throat down your stomach?
your tounge i does believe
What is the name of long pipe that shifts food from back to your throat down to your stomach?
The esopahagus is the pipe that moves food from your throat to your stomach. No digestion occurs in the esopagus, only transport.
What is the name of the long pipe that shifts food back of your throat down to your stomach?
The esopahagus is the pipe that moves food from your throat to your stomach. No digestion occurs in the esopagus, only transport.
What is the name of the long pipe the shifts food from the back of your throat down to your stomach?
The esopahagus is the pipe that moves food from your throat to your stomach. No digestion occurs in the esopagus, only transport.
What is a another name for the windpipe and how does it differ from esophagus?
The other name is the trachea. It is part of the respiratory system and helps to take air in and out of the lungs. The esophagus is a tube that leads to the stomach and is part of the digestive system.
Why can't you swallow food and breathe at the same time?
when u are eating food which goes through the esophagus the trachea (wind pipe) closes. i.e epiglottis is the elastic tissue between your food pipe and wind pipe.normally it closes the food pipe,when u breath and it closes the wind pipe when u eat food otherwise food will go to wind pipe causes the cough.
Is your trachea your wind pipe?
No, the wind pipe goes down into the lungs and you breath through it. the oesophagus goes into your stomach and the food goes down it. it is basically like your food pipe
What does food travel through on its way to the stomach?
It travels down our esophagus, which is basically a long wide tube that has muscles the whole way down it for pushing food towards our stomach. When we vomit, these muscles work in reverse to push stomach contents back upward.
