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What structure serves as Passageway for both air and food?
Pharynx.
Passageway for both food and air from nose to esophagus?
Pharynx I believe
Provides a common passageway for both food and air?
Mouth or esophagus
What is the tube that carries air and food into the body?
The pharynx, it serves as a passageway for both air and food.
Do food travel through the pharynx?
The larynx is only the passageway for air, as it is covered by the epiglottis to prevent food from entering it during swallowing. The pharynx, however, serves as a passageway for both food and air.
Which organ does food and air pass through?
The pharynx serves as a passageway for both food and air.
What is the function of a human's pharynx?
The pharynx is a muscular tube which serves as a passageway for both food and air.
What is the conduit for both air and food?
The pharynx is the conduit for both air and food. It serves as a passageway for air from the nose or mouth to the trachea for respiration, and for food from the mouth to the esophagus for digestion.
What is the food passageway posterior to the larynx?
The esophagus is the food passageway posterior to the larynx.
What structure carries both food and air?
The pharynx carries both food and air. It is a passageway at the back of the oral and nasal cavities that leads to the esophagus (for food) and the trachea (for air).
What is the role of pharynx in digestion?
The pharynx acts as a passageway for both air and food. (Plays a very key role in the digestive system)
What is the epliglottis?
A small leaf-like structure that closes the passageway to the larynx to prevent food from entering the larynx and trachea when you swallow. When it is open it allows for the passage of air and sound.
