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.
food could enter the wrong "tube" and enter your lungs which will make you choke and possibly die
You would not be able to swallow your food that you eat.And if your esoupougus don't work you may choke and die.
youd know waht trachea meant
If it is not removed immediately, a person will die.
food and liquid may enter the trachea during the act of swallowing.
Food would get stuck in your throat when you tried to swallow.
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.
its that pharynx is big and while trachea is small
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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.
The epiglottis moves downards to block the trachea during swallowing.
That would be the esophagus.
That would be your Trachea
There is rings around your trachea to open your pipe and let the air get through if you didn't you would die