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What prevents food and water entering the trachea and pharynx?
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∙ 12y ago
epiglottis
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What keeps food masses from entering the respiratory system?
The epiglottis is the flap that prevents food and water from entering the trachea.
What feature of the cell prevents water from entering the cell?
Phospholipids in the cell membrane prevent water from entering a cell.
What feature of cell prevents water from entering the cell?
Phospholipids in the cell membrane prevent water from entering a cell.
What part of a cell prevents water from the entering the cell?
Phospholipids
What prevents water from entering your lungs when you drink?
backward movement of epiglotis
The casparian strip prevents water and minerals from entering the stele through?
Apoplast
What part of a cell prevents water from entering the call?
The cell membrane or cell wall.
What feature of a cell prevents water from enter the cell?
Phospholipids in the cell membrane prevent water from entering a cell.
What is the job of the waxy layer?
Assuming you mean in plant life, it prevents dehydration through evaporation
What is the tube that branches off of the esophagus?
The organ that branches off in front of the esophagus is the pharynx.
What stops food entering the lungs?
The epiglottis normally keeps this from happening.* How The Epiglottis Works:When you swallow, a small flap - called the epiglottis - briefly covers the top of the windpipe (or trachea) so that food goes the right way, into the digestive system, and not the wrong way, into the respiratory tract.The flap can't stay down all the time, or you would not be able to breathe! Sometimes a little food or liquid does get into the windpipe - perhaps if you ingest it very quickly - and that's when you cough to get it out again.When you swallow, the epiglottis should automatically cover the windpipe, so swallowing is a good way to suppress a cough if you are somewhere where you don't want to make a noise...
What is the flap the closes off the larynx and prevents food and water from entering the larynx during swallowing?
It's called the 'epiglottis'.
