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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 covers the larynx when you sallow what is it made of?
trachea
What covers the trachea during swallowing?
epiglottis
What is the tiny flap that covers the trachea during swallowing?
The epiglottis protects the trachea from food.
What closes over the trachea when swallowing?
The epiglottis covers the opening to the trachea when swallowing - thereby preventing food/drink entering the trachea and lungs.
Which structure prevents food and liquids from being imhaled when a person swallows?
The structure that prevents food and liquids from being inhaled when a person swallows is the epiglottis. This flap-like cartilage covers the entrance to the trachea during swallowing, directing food and liquids into the esophagus instead. This mechanism helps prevent aspiration and ensures that the airway remains clear during the swallowing process.
What endocrine gland covers the trachea?
The thyroid gland is located anterior to the trachea. The parathyroid glands are located within the thyroid gland.
What covers the trachea so food doesn't enter the lungs?
glorospand
How long do swallows mirate?
swallows migrate for one month.
The tissue which diverts food from the trachea upon swallowing is the?
The epiglottis is the tissue that covers the trachea during swallowing to prevent food from entering the airway.
What is responsible for closing the airway to the lungs when one swallows?
The epiglottis. The epiglottis is a flap of flexible cartilage above the larynx, or voice box. It closes when you swallow, preventing food, water, or saliva from going down the trachea into the lungs.
What is the relationship between the Eustachian tube and the pharynx?
When food is swallowed, the epiglottis covers the trachea. During inspiration, the epiglottis allows air to pass into the trachea.
