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What is the organ at back of mouth where both food and air may pass?
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∙ 10y ago
You probably mean the uvula. It's main purpose is to help keep food out of the sinuses. The opening to the nasopharynx is right behind the uvula. As you swallow, you tighten the muscles of the soft palate and the food pushes against the uvula, making it more difficult for food to go towards the sinuses. Sometimes small and hard pieces of food get around the uvula and the partially constricted nasopharynx, and it is uncomfortable.
If you are referring to the passageway instead, that is the pharynx, or "throat." Then below that is the epiglottis, and that is what enables you to swallow, or breathe when it is relaxed.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 12y agothe answer is Pharynx
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What organ is at the back of the mouth that can both air and water pass through?
The Pharynx is the organ found at the back of the mouth that food, water, and air can all pass through.
What is the organ at the back of the mouth that allows passage of food and air?
Organ at back of the mouth where food and air may pass.
What is the feeding organ of earthworms?
As with most creatures the feeding organ of an earthworm is the mouth. Located behind the mouth is the pharynx which acts as a suction pump; its muscular walls draw food back.
Which organ Is the largest in the digestive system in an earthworm?
As with most creatures the feeding organ of an earthworm is the mouth. Located behind the mouth is the pharynx which acts as a suction pump; its muscular walls draw food back.
What organ breaks food into small particles?
mouth
What organ breaks up food and begins digesting?
The mouth.
Organ that mixes food in the mouth?
saliva.
What organ does food move through on its way to stomach?
Mouth.
What organ in the mouth begins the chemical digestion of food?
Salivary glands
Mobile organ that manipulates food in the mouth and initiates swallowing?
tongue
What is the structure that conducts food from mouth to the stomach?
The sructure that helps transport the food from the mouth to the stomach is called the esophagus which is an organ.
What organ system chews swallows and moves food through the digestive system?
That is the organ system: digestive system.
