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What keeps food from going down your lungs?

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∙ 13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

epiglottis

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If both food and air enters your mout what keeps your lungs functioning?

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Your epiglottis closes and opens in your throat. It's the part that causes gagging.


What happens to larynx during swallowing?

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the eustachian tube


Where in your body is your epiglottis?

It's the part of your body that flops down over the windpipe when you swallow to keep food from going into your lungs.

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