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How does the food go in food pipe?
just eat the food and it will go down your test tube just have fun
IS IT impossible for a person to choke on a pill?
Choking is caused when something goes down your wind pipe rather than your oesophagus, why couldn't a pill go down there too??
What is the role of the epiglottis in human ingestion?
The epiglottis is a flap of tissue that prevents food and liquids from entering the trachea during swallowing. It covers the opening to the trachea, directing food and liquids down the esophagus to the stomach. This helps to prevent choking and ensures that ingested material goes to the digestive system.
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.
Can you choke?
Yes, because you have two pipes going down you throat, one is called an air pipe and the second a food and liquid pipe. Sometimes the food or liquid you chew or drink can go down the air pipe and its a bit hard to get it out. Or you simply don't chew you food enough and it gets lodged half way down your throat.
Where does most objects go when choking?
When someone chokes the object lodged in ones throat can be anywhere in the esophagus depending on what the object is. If for instance food or and other object travels down the windpipe it would be either stopped by the narrowness of the pipe or the vocal cords or "voice box" would catch it.
What is epiglottis and what is its purpose?
It's a "flap" that covers either the trachea or esophagus. It prevents you from choking. When you eat, it covers the trachea so food will go down the esophagus and not the windpipe (trachea). If food gets down your trachea, you will choke.
What can up a wind pipe down but can't go down a wind pipe up?
updraft
What is the length of food pipe?
Well the length of the food pipe is about 25-30 cm.
DurinG swallowing does the epiglottis cover the esophagus to prevent choking?
Yes, during swallowing, the epiglottis covers the opening to the larynx to prevent food and liquids from entering the airway and instead directs them towards the esophagus. This helps to prevent choking by ensuring that substances go down the correct pathway into the digestive system.
What causes food or liquids to accidently go down the wrong pipe?
Talking while eating because when you are talking you tend to breath through your mouth.
Why you can't breathe and drink at the same time?
when u are eating food which goes through the esophagus the trachea (wind pipe) closes. i.e epiglottis is the elastic tissue between your food pipe and wind pipe.normally it closes the food pipe,when u breath and it closes the wind pipe when u eat food otherwise food will go to wind pipe causes the cough.
