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When your tongue goes back into your throat, it is often referred to as "tongue falling back" or "tongue displacement." This can occur during sleep and is a common characteristic of obstructive sleep apnea, where the airway becomes blocked. This condition can lead to snoring and interrupted breathing during sleep.
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How does water get down your throat?
When you swallow, the back of your tongue pushes the food or liquid into your throat. This triggers a reflex that closes off your windpipe and opens the tube that leads to your stomach, allowing the water to pass down your throat through contractions of the esophagus muscles.
What prevents food from going into your throat?
Food normally goes in your throat when you swallow. A coordinated swallow reflex, controlled partially by the tongue, helps you control the timing of swallowing.
Where is the esphogus located?
in the throat, it goes from the back of the mouth to the stomach
Where does food goes after chewing?
Down your throat in back of your mouth - AHH!
What is called for a metal piece that goes under a horse's TONGUE?
bit
What do you call a movement when a snake tongue comes out and then goes back into its mouth suddenly?
This is called a flicking of the tongue. A snake smells with its tongue, so it will flick its tongue a lot. it uses its tongue for sensing its prey and when it gets close enough it leaps and bits.
You have an elongated epiglottis and it touches the back of your throat what can be done?
If the epiglottis is elongated and touching the back of the throat, it should be looked at by a physician. Normally, this piece of skin that goes over the breathing tube when a person swallows, does not get in the way of the throat.
Can people just throw up but it doesnt come up and it goes back down your throat?
Only if you close your mouth and swallow it goes back down
Is a horse's bit placed under or over the horse's tongue?
Under and to the back. OVER it goes on top of the tongue. if it is under the bit will have no effect
What happens if you eat cocaine?
your lips, tongue and throat becomes numb. Your stomach will be sick. You will also loose your swallowing control until the effects of the cocaine goes away.
What thing in the mouth directs chewed food down the tube located in the throat?
The tongue helps to push the chewed food towards the back of the throat, where it is then swallowed and directed down the esophagus into the stomach.
What happens within a lymph node after a sore throat?
It becomes inflamed for a few days and then goes back to normal.
