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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 food passageway posterior to the larynx?
The esophagus is the food passageway posterior to the larynx.
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.
What is tha function of the pharynx?
It has both respiratory and digestive functions, serving as a common passageway for air, food and drink.The mouth leads into the oropharynx. The mucous lining the walls of the oropharynx change slightly to adapt for handling food as well as air. It is here that the two tonsils are located. One is at the entrance from the mouth into the oropharynx, and the other is somewhat deeper.
The food passageway from the mouth to the stomach is called what?
esophagus
