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What keep food or fluid from going back up the esophagus to the lungs?
Epiglottis.
What is the function of the flap of skin called the epiglottis between the trachea and the esophagus?
To keep food from going into the lungs.
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.
Can your heart stop if you are on a respirator?
Yes. Respirator only keep lungs going.
What role and function does the epiglottis play?
the epiglottis is the little flap that closes whenever you swallow to keep the food, water, spit, and whatever else you swallow from going into your lungs. It helps the digestive system because it keeps the things you eat and drink going down your esophagus (throat), which takes it to your stomach, and so on.
What is the function of epiglottis during swallowing?
The epiglottis is a flap in the back of your throat that covers your trachea when you swallow, so as to protect your lungs from food particles and liquids. Fun fact: infants have the ability to keep their epiglottis open while eating, and therefore breathe and swallow at the same time.
What should be the basic human objective?
Keep thanking there is oxygen still going in their lungs.
How do you keep food from going off?
The peristalsis
What is the importance of the lungs?
Whenever you inhale and exhale, Oxygen gets supplied into and out of your lungs to power you everyday and keep you going. We get Oxygen which gets supplied into your blood which is essential to keep you alive. Lungs are part pulmonary system, which is the essential respiration organ.
Is food good for the lungs?
depends what you mean it won't make them better it will keep them healthy like they should be.
What is the function of a sphincter?
Sphincters act as valves. The Cardiac Sphincter for example keeps food in the stomach from coming back up into the throat.
Why do Eskimos use refrigerators?
To keep their food from going bad.
