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Q: What part of the GI tract prevents a person from choking?
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What part of the GI tract prevents a person from choking while swallowing?

Epiglottis


When you are choking you cant talk why not?

When you have something lodged in the larynx, you can not speak. The larynx is part of the respiratory tract and it is commonly called the voice box. It is also part of the tract that air moves in and out and a blockage there reduces air that can reach the larynx. The blockage can be bad enough to completely cut off any air.


What is the last part of the digestive tract?

The anus is the last part of the digestive tract.


How is the opeaning and closing of stomach regulated?

The opening and closing of the stomach is regulated by the pylorus. The pylorus is a part of the gastrointestinal tract, that prevents digested food from entering back into the stomach from the small intestines.


What part of the 5th amendment prevents a person from being charged twice for the same crime?

Double Jeapordy


What part of the digestive tract is not working when you have diarrhea?

Question: Which organ does not function properly when a person has Diarrhea?ANSWER IS: THE STOMACH


What is a part of the large intestine?

The GI (Gastrointestinal) tract or the Digestive Tract


What system is the gastrointestinal tract?

The gastrointestinal tract is part of the digestive system.


Why do you have to hold your arms up when choking?

Its part of the accepted sign that you are choking. Actually, you want to make a chopping motion towards your neck.


Part of throat that closes airway to prevent choking?

the larynx


What is part of the body is being blocked when someones choking?

throat


What kind or type of injury or emergency is the Heimlich Maneuver used for?

It is used when a person is choking on food or a swallowed object, which is blocking the airway to the lungs. The Heimlich compression is an effort to dislodge and regurgitate the food or other object from the throat.