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The pharynx, it serves as a passageway for both air and food.
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What is the main difference between esophagus and the trachea?
The trachea is a part of the respiratory system while the esophagus forms part of the digestive system. Since they belong to different systems, they perform separate functions. The trachea is larger and carries gasses in and out of the lungs. The esophagus is smaller and carries food from the mouth to the stomach.
What is a Tracheal tube?
hollow passages in some arthropods that transport air throughout the body
Why is an organism's habitat important to its survival?
The enviorment carries all the food and air animals need to live
How is your body cold when you perspire?
When you perspire, liquid (perspiration or sweat) is secreted from your skin. When it evaporates into the air it carries small amounts of body heat with it making the body feel cooler.
What structure carries both food and air?
The pharynx is the back of the throat (divided loosely into nasopharynx and oropharynx) which allows food to enter the oesophagus and air to enter the thrachea.
What is the similar and difference of air tube and food tube?
this is easy the food tube receives the food and the nutrients our body needs, while the air tube is used for inhaling and exhaling. Air is needed for the body to execute loco motions or movements
Tube that carries air to the longs?
The Bronchi
What are the differences of food tube and air tube?
difference and similarities of air tube and food tube
What are the differences of the air tube and food tube?
difference and similarities of air tube and food tube
What is a common passage for food and air in your body?
The tube for both food and air is called the pharynx. The tube for just food is the esophagus, and the tube for just air is the trachea.
How are food tube and air tube similar?
Food tube are for food and air tube are for inhaling and exhaling.And that's how it differ.
What is a treachea tube used for?
The trachea is a tube that carries air from larynx to the lungs.
What branching tube carries air into the lungs?
The Trachea!
Where is the MAF sensor on a 2008 Chevy Silverado?
Someone can find The MAF near to the air filter. It's in the tube that carries air to the resonator and throttle body.
What organ Carries food and air?
The pharynx, or throat, carries both food an air. At its end, air goes into the trachea and food into the esophagus.
What tube carries oxygen to the lungs?
The trachea located in throat is the first tube that brings oxygen into the body. The bronchial tubes actually bring air into the lungs for oxygenation.
What is the job of the air sacs?
A tube that carries air from the windpipe to the lung
