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What prevents food from getting into the lungs is an Aorta.
Maymie Goyette
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∙ 8y agoThe pharynx coordinates swallowing and breathing with chewing. Try inhaling and swallowing at the same time and your question will be answered. Your body just stops it from happening seeing as it would be counterproductive otherwise. It closes the airways.
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The prevents food or liquids from getting into the lungs.?
What prevents food from getting into the lungs is an Aorta.
What prevents food or liquids from getting into lungs?
What prevents food from getting into the lungs is an Aorta.
Why do you cough when a piece of food goes the wrong way?
That is called the 'Gag Reflex'. The reflex prevents any liquid or solid food from getting into the lungs by going down the wrong (the Esophagus and not the Trachea).
What prevents food or liquids from getting to the lungs?
Epiglottis
What is the function of the epilottis during the digestive process?
Prevents food and water entering the lungs
What prevents food from getting to lungs?
Food can be prevented from entering the larynx if a person has issues with eating, or if their esophagus is giving them problems. Large food pieces can cause this as well.
If both food and air enters your mout what keeps your lungs functioning?
whats prevents food from going down your lungs
What is the medical term meaning food or liquid entering the lungs?
Aspiration is the medical term meaning food or liquid entering the lungs.
WhAT Prevents food or liquid entering the airways?
the food pipe or the uvula
What liquid does in a recipes?
Liquid in a recipe adds moisture and prevents the food from drying out.
Does lungs absorb food and liquid that goes down into lungs?
No. Food and liquids should not go down into the lungs. That is why one coughs excessively when food or liquid "goes down the wrong tube." Aspiration is the term for breathing food or liquid into the lungs, and frequently causes a severe pneumonitis and may result in pneumonia.
What prevents food and liquid from being inhaled when a person swallows?
The Epiglottis is what prevents food and liquids from being inhaled.
