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The throat has two passageways; one for air and one for food. If the epiglottis were to be removed it would cause tremendous problems. The air you breathe would travel to the stomach rather than the lungs; the lungs must have air in order for the body and the brain to survive. Secondly, the food you eat would travel to your lungs rather than to your stomach. This would cause obvious problems such as pneumonia and drowning of the lungs as well as no nourishment for the body and brain as no food would be entering the stomach. The epiglottis serves as a little trap; keeping food, liquids and air from entering places inside the body where they should not be, as well as helping to guide these same things to where they DO belong.
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What would happen if the trachea were closed?
youd know waht trachea meant
What would happen if the trachea was damaged?
If it is not removed immediately, a person will die.
What would happen if you did not have an epiglottis.?
food and liquid may enter the trachea during the act of swallowing.
What will happen if the trachea is made up of hard bones?
Food would get stuck in your throat when you tried to swallow.
Where would you find the trachea?
In human anatomy, you would find the trachea in the center of the chest. It stems from the throat and branches out to either lung. The trachea is also known as the windpipe.
How would you compare and contrast the pharynx and the trachea?
its that pharynx is big and while trachea is small
If a tumor in the trachea is removed that was decreasing the trachea's diameter by half the area of the trachea's cross section and the flow of air through it would what?
double
Why would it be hard to breath if you didn't have a trachea?
The trachea is the tube leading to the lungs. There has to be an opening to the lungs for breathing to occur. It our lungs were not attached to the mouth via the trachea, then the lungs would need an opening elsewhere. Besides, the trachea is for speaking as well, and you exhale across your vocal folds as you speak.
Why would move downward to close the trachea during swallowing?
The epiglottis moves downards to block the trachea during swallowing.
Food passagway posterior to the trachea?
That would be the esophagus.
What The Tube That Connects The Throat And The Bronchial?
That would be your Trachea
Why do you thing there are rings of cartilage around the trachea?
There is rings around your trachea to open your pipe and let the air get through if you didn't you would die
