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What structure serves as Passageway for both air and food?
Pharynx.
What part of your body is the pharynx?
The esophagus or gullet is a tube like structure which is about 25 cm, connecting your pharynx to your stomach which is located behind the windpipe and it allows food and water to pass from your mouth to your stomach. The esophagus is a muscular organ which can be stretched easily and you don't feel any pain during swallowing unless become diseased.
Does food pass through the pharynx?
Food does pass through the pharynx before it goes into the esophagus and on to the stomach.
Is pharynx a mechanical or chemical digestion?
The pharynx is not directly involved in digestion. It is a part of the digestive and respiratory systems, serving as a passageway for food and air to travel through. The process of digestion involves mechanical and chemical actions that occur in organs like the mouth, stomach, and intestines.
What is a flaplike structure which is an opening at the floor of the pharynx?
The flap-like structure at the floor of the pharynx is called the epiglottis. It acts like a lid to prevent food and drink from entering the trachea during swallowing, ensuring they go down the esophagus instead.
What are the structures joining the pharynx to the stomach?
esophagus
What connects the pharynx to stomach?
The pharynx is connected to the stomach by the esophagus. The esophagus is a muscular tube in which food passes from the pharynx to the stomach (Here's a fact: The esophagus is usually about 25-30cm long).
The esophagus connects the pharynx with what organ?
Stomach
What does the esophagus connect the pharynx to?
it connects to the stomach
What structure serve as a passageway for both air and food?
Your Pharynx
What structure serves as Passageway for both air and food?
Pharynx.
What structure connects the pharynx and trachea?
the larynx or glottis connect the pharynx and trachea
What structure closes off the rest of the pharynx when we are eating so that food does not get into the pharynx?
Epiglottis
What respiratory structure communicate with the middle ear by the eustachian tube?
Pharynx
Passageway of food from pharynx to stomach?
esophageal hiatus or esophagus
What carries food from the pharynx to stomach?
Transports food from pharynx to stomach; Passes through esophageal hiatus,usually accompanied by voluntary movementsto expel feces through abdominal
What are the 3 parts of the upper GI?
The mouth, stomach, Pharynx and Esophagus
