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The esophagus is located where to the trachea?
Esophagus is located on the back side of the trachea in your thorax.
What is a straight tube that carries air back to the lungs?
The trachea is the big straight tube that brings air to the lungs. The trachea then divides into main stem bronchi, lobar bronchi, segmental bronchi, bronchioles, etc.
What does the esophagus and epiglottis do?
Once you push food to the back of your through to swallow it, the esophagus pushes it down to your stomach. As food goes from your mouth to your esophagus, it passes over top of the epiglottis, which shuts like a lid to keep stuff from falling down your trachea (windpipe).
Should the stomach expand MOUTH TO Mouth?
No, if this happens the air is travelling down the esophagus and not the trachea. To avoid this from happening, tilt the head back while giving mouth-to-mouth.
The esophagus connects the pharynx with which organ?
The esophagus connects the pharynx with the stomach. It serves as a muscular tube that carries food and liquids from the mouth to the stomach for digestion. The lower esophageal sphincter, a muscular valve at the end of the esophagus, prevents stomach contents from flowing back up into the esophagus.
What blood part carries carbon dioxide back to the lungs to be exhaled?
The haemoglobine found in the red blood corpuscles carries the carbon dioxide in the form of carboxyhaemoglobin .
What structure carries both food and air?
The pharynx carries both food and air. It is a passageway at the back of the oral and nasal cavities that leads to the esophagus (for food) and the trachea (for air).
Movement of food from the stomach into the esophagus is usually prevented by?
The movement of food from the stomach into the esophagus is usually prevented by the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). The LES is a muscular valve that closes off the entrance to the stomach after food has entered. This helps to keep the stomach contents from flowing back up into the esophagus.
How do the cartilaginous rings of trachea looks like?
They are C-shaped, with the opening in the back so that when you swallow food, the esophagus expands into the area of the trachea to allow the food (called a bolus) to go down. This process is called deglutition. If they were not C-shaped and positioned this way, your food would not be able to go down into your stomach.
Is the trachea anterior to the spinal cord?
Yes, the trachea is anterior to (in front of) the spinal cord or, in other words, the spinal cord is posterior to (behind) the trachea.ANS2:The previous answer is 90 degrees wrong.The trachea is ventral to the spinal cord. Anterior means towards the head and posterior means towards the tail. Ventral is towards the belly and dorsal is towards the back.
Where does the oesophagus take the food to?
The esophagus carries food from the mouth to the stomach for digestion. It uses rhythmic contractions to push the food down and prevent it from going back up.
Where does the trachea bifurcate?
AnswerThe Trachea is located below the Larynx, which is just under the Pharynx.The trachea is located in the throat, Near the Larynx. The larynx protrudes in men, causing the Adam's Apple, I'm telling you that so you can get a feel of where the Trachea is.The Trachea is a tube that comes off of your throat. The Trachea leads to your lungs and allows air to pass in and out of the body. It can be found about halfway between your stomach and the start of your esophagus. The trachea is located in the larynx. In the neck
