What is the respiratory function of your pharynx?

Answer 1

The pharynx acts as a passageway for food on its way to the stomach and for air en route to the lungs.
The pharynx is the part of the alimentary canal immediately behind the mouth. 1. swallowing

2. breathing

3. speech

4. equilibration of the pressure in the middle ear

5. immunity

Answer 2

The pharynx is also called the throat and it does double duty. It is part of the digestive tract in that it allows you to swallow your food. It is also part of the respiratory tract because it allows air to flow in and out of your lungs.

Answer 3

You have part called as pharynx when you look into the mouth by torch on backside. Upper part is connected to the nose by a wide passage. This part is also connected to middle ear by a small tube called asEustachiantube. Lower part is connected to two very important tubes. One goes to respiratory tract (Via Larynx and Trachea.) and second goes to digestive system. (Via Esophagus.) The tube going to respiratory tract liesin-frontof the tube than the tube which goes to stomach. So here, there is crossing between two tracts, respiratory and digestive. You take the respiration continuously and and this tract is kept open by the flap like structure called as 'Epiglottis'. During act of swallowing only this flap closes the way to respiratory tract. So that food should not go into respiratory tract and choke you. Apart from this pharynx play very important role in arresting the infections going to respiratory tract. For this there are circular ring of lymph nodes. ( Out of about 500 lymph nodes in your body about 300 lies in neck and above.)
pharynx connect nasal cavity and larynx and then trachea.

Answer 4

The pharynx is the scientific term for the throat. The pharynx is a passageway from the mouth and nose to the esophagus and larynx.

Answer 5

it runs the food down the throut into the larynx and then into the stomach, i got this answer from my teacher (ms.nessrein)

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Answer 6

The pharynx carries air from the nose and mouth to the trachea. The pharynx also has functions in the digestive system.