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In the digestion process, after the swallowing reflex is stimulated, the larynx is pulled upward to meet the epiglottis and seal of the trachea. This prevents food from entering your "windpipe" (trachea), thus allowing it to take its right path down the esophagus and into your stomach for digestion. I'm sure you'll find more detailed answers online but this is a basic answer to the question. Hope it helps!
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoYour glottis is more commonly referred to as your vocal cords, or larynx. The epiglottis is a flap that covers your larynx so that food/drink doesn't go through the respiratory system while eating.
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∙ 11y agoits so important becuase it literally stops food that you swollow from getting to the trachea.
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What is the flap in your esophagus called?
The name of the structure at the top of the esophagus is the "epiglottis". This structure is very important in protecting the vocal cords, trachea, and the lungs. It does this by covering the opening to the vocal cords and making an airtight seal. It also holds air in our lungs so we can form a cough, and produce extra pressure in our lungs, called "peep" (positive end expiratory pressure). So, it is actually a very important organ.
What is the importance of the epiglottis during swallowing?
The epiglottis is a small flap of skin between the two ways that the esophagus divides. The importance of the epiglottis is so that food or drink doesn't go down your wind pipe into your lungs.
What is the tissue that seals the trachea during digestion called?
Epiglottis. It seals off your windpipe. So the food doesn't go to your lungs. It is a tissue
What is the function of the epiglottis?
The epiglottis makes sure that food goes down the right tube.When you eat, the epiglottis covers the larynx, so the food or liquid does not enter your lungs. When you breath, the epiglottis stays loose to let the air into the lungs.keep food out of the lungs.
The larynx is covered by what during swallowing?
epiglottis...
Why is the epiglottis's is important?
its so important becuase it literally stops food that you swollow from getting to the trachea.
Why is the epiglottis important to feeding?
The epiglottis is very important because it stops the food from going into your trachea (windpipe). It guides the food to bypass the trachea and straight to your oesophagus.
Why is the epiglottis important to breathing?
Answer #1When we Breathe, the epiglottis moves to allow air into the lungs.Answer #2keeps food from going into your lungs
When you swallow the epiglottis covers the opening to the?
The epiglottis covers the trachea, so that whatever you are swallowing does not get inhaled.
The flap of tissue that closes when you swallow to protect you from choking?
It is called the Epiglottis. If you talk while eating, your epiglottis and your esophagus are open, so instead of going down the esophagus, it goes down the epiglottis. Have you ever heard someone say 'It went down the wrong tube' when you choke? This is what they mean.
What type of tube does the epiglottis close over?
The epiglottis closes over the trachea when we swallow, so that food does not go into our lungs.
What is a flap of tissue that closes the passage to the trachea and lungs?
It is the epiglottis.
What is the flap in your esophagus called?
The name of the structure at the top of the esophagus is the "epiglottis". This structure is very important in protecting the vocal cords, trachea, and the lungs. It does this by covering the opening to the vocal cords and making an airtight seal. It also holds air in our lungs so we can form a cough, and produce extra pressure in our lungs, called "peep" (positive end expiratory pressure). So, it is actually a very important organ.
What is the importance of the epiglottis during swallowing?
The epiglottis is a small flap of skin between the two ways that the esophagus divides. The importance of the epiglottis is so that food or drink doesn't go down your wind pipe into your lungs.
What is the tissue that seals the trachea during digestion called?
Epiglottis. It seals off your windpipe. So the food doesn't go to your lungs. It is a tissue
What is the epigollatus?
If you meant epiglottis, then it is a flap a cartilage located behind your tongue and in front of the larynx. The epiglottis is fairly important for the respiratory and digestive system, because it serves as a gate for the trachea and the esophagus. When the epiglottis is in a resting position is allows air to pass into the larynx and the lungs, but when a person swallows the epiglottis folds up and allows for food and liquids to enter the esophagus, and not the windpipe.
This flap covers up the path leading to the lungs so during eating food doesnot go down the wrong tube.?
The epiglottis.
