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No. The wind pipes (one leading to each lung) are called the bronchi. The food pipe, leading to the stomach, is called the esophagus.
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What is the real name for the windpipe?
trachea food pipe is esophagus
Why do we have ciliated windpipe cells?
To keep our wind pipe clean
Starting with 'W' what is the common name for the 'trachea'?
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What is also know as the oesophagus?
The clinical name for the food pipe is the Oesophagus. Other common names are the 'Gullet' and 'Windpipe'
What is the length of food pipe?
Well the length of the food pipe is about 25-30 cm.
What is the common opening for the food pipe and windpipe?
The mouth is the common opening for the food pipe and windpipe.
What is the different between windpipe and gullet?
The windpipe is the pipe in which air and gasses travel down (i.e oxygen) the gullet is the pipe which our food and drink travel down
What is the real name for the windpipe?
trachea food pipe is esophagus
What is the proper word for windpipe?
Any pipe that carries wind or air, or in human terms, the trachea.
What keeps food from going down the windpipe?
The food and beverages that go down the food pipe are prevented from entering the wind pipe with the help of epiglottis. When we swallow, the flap of cartilage shuts down automatically, causing it to reach the digestive system.
What another term for the trachea?
The trachea is also called our windpipe. It is located parallel to the esophagus, which food passes through into the stomach. When we eat the rood of the trachea closes so food won't go into our lungs. If partial food or water enters the trachea our gag reflex occurs and we begin to cough.
Why do we have ciliated windpipe cells?
To keep our wind pipe clean
What does 4th stage cancer mean when it is between food pipe and windpipe?
Fourth stage is usually terminal and inoperable. Radiation may slow the process.
Is wind pipe one word or two?
One word; 'windpipe'.
What structure prevents the passage of food into the trachea?
There are two pipes, the windpipe (trachea) and the esophagus. When you eat food, a little flap (the epiglottis) goes over the windpipe to stop you getting food into your lungs. That's why when you try to eat with your mouth full you often choke. (You're trying to breathe and eat at the same time!)
The function of the trachea?
the trachea is the windpipe which passes air through to pipe into the lungs
What is the another name for trachea?
The trachea is also known as the windpipe.
