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The pharynx functions as a passageway for air and food,provides a resonating chamber for speech sounds,and houses the tonsils, which participate in immunological reactions against foreign invaders.

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What is the cleft called behind the nose mouth and larynx?

The cleft behind the nose, mouth, and larynx is known as the pharynx. It serves as a pathway for both air and food and plays a crucial role in the digestive and respiratory systems.


How do planarian eat?

Planarians eat by extending their muscular pharynx out of their mouths to engulf and ingest their prey, such as small invertebrates or organic debris. Their pharynx is able to secrete enzymes to help break down the food for digestion.


What is in the respetory system?

The respiratory system consists of organs like the lungs, trachea, bronchi, and diaphragm. It is responsible for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the body through a process called respiration. The system plays a crucial role in delivering oxygen to cells and removing waste carbon dioxide from the body.


What is the saclike organ at the end of the esophagus called?

Did you mean 'bag like organ' The stomach is part of the digestive system, which is sometimes called the gastrointestinal tract. It is a muscular, bag-like organ which lies between the lower end of the gullet (oesophagus) and the beginning of the small bowel (small intestine). Once food has been swallowed it passes down the gullet and into the stomach. Both ends of the esophagus are closed off by muscular constrictions known as sphincters; at the anterior, or upper, end is the upper esophageal sphincter, and at the distal, or lower, end is the lower esophageal sphincter. The cardia (also known as Z-line or esophagogastric junction or gastroesophageal junction) is the anatomical term for the junction orifice of the stomach and the esophagus. At the cardia, the mucosa of the esophagus transitions into gastric mucosa. The cardia is also the site of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) (also termed cardiac sphincter, gastroesophageal sphincter, and esophageal sphincter).


Related Questions

How does the pharnyx work?

it is your throat cavity


Is often referred to as the throat?

Pharnyx.


Is the pharnyx the same thing as the throat?

Yes, it is.


What verb means to push food through your pharnyx?

Swallow


What organ of the digestive system connects the mouth with the esophagus?

The pharnyx


What is an area in the vertebrate throat where air and food passages cross?

The Pharnyx


How does coral poop?

Coral poops by expelling waste out through the pharnyx.


How are swallowing and breathing systems inter-related?

pharnyx is a common passageway for food and air. it is connected to the nasal passages by 2 internal nares and also connected to the oral cavity. the larnyx connects the pharnyx to the trachea (commonly known as the windpipe). pharnyx also connects the mouth to the esophagus. the glottis is the opening of the trachea, it is covered by the epiglottis which serves to separate the esophagus from the trachea.


How does the digestion process start?

You chew the food up and it goes down the pharnyx


Where does food from the mouth to the stomach?

it is sent from the mouth to the pharnyx and then to the esophagus to the stomach


What structure does air pass to get to the lungs?

the air goes through the pharnyx then the trachea and into the lungs


What is another word for nasopharynx?

i was looking for the same thing but i couldnt find it! i dont think there is another word for it. thats what its called. the nasopharnyx is the place between your nasal passage and your pharnyx so.... they named it that:)