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The muscular tube that passes behind the trachea is the esophagus. It serves as the conduit for food and liquids to travel from the throat to the stomach. The esophagus is situated posterior to the trachea and extends down the neck and into the thoracic cavity. Its muscular walls facilitate the movement of ingested materials through peristaltic contractions.
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What is the tough muscular tube?
trachea is the tough muscular tube It is also the wind pipe...
Is the esophagus the muscular tube through which ingested food passes from the pharynx to the stomach?
The esophagus is the muscular tube that allows for food to go from the mouth to the stomach. The trachea is the cartilagenous tube that allows air to go from the mouth to the lungs.
What are two ways to differentiate between the trachea and esophagus?
First, the trachea is part of the respiratory system while the esophagus is part of the digestive system of human and some of the animals. Second, the trachea is the tube in air-breathing vertibrates that conducts air from the throat to the bronchi. It is commonly called windpipe and is made up of numerous cartilaginous half rings which is adjacent to the esophagus. Lying in front of the esophagus. While esophagus, a mascular tube about 10 inches long passes behind the trachea and the heart. The passage down which food moves between the throat and the stomach. In short, trachea is where the air passes while esophagus is where the food passes.
What collects incoming air from the nose and passes it downward to the trachea?
nose to throat to trachea to bonchi to bronchioles to alvelus.
Where is the esophagas?
The esophagus connects the throat to the stomach.
What is an esophagus?
"Erythematous" is red, and "esophagus" is the tube that carries from from your mouth to your stomach.
A 12-cm tube located below the larynx is the?
That tube is the trachea.
What is the tube called that passes air from the mouth and lungs of a frog?
The tube that passes air from the mouth and lungs of a frog is called the trachea. The trachea branches into bronchi that lead to the lungs, allowing for the exchange of gases. Frogs also have a unique respiratory system that enables them to breathe through their skin, in addition to using their lungs.
What is esophageal atresia repair?
a surgical procedure performed to correct congenital defects of the esophagus (the muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach) and the trachea
Passageway for food that is behind the trachea?
The passageway for food that is behind the trachea is the esophagus. After swallowing, food travels down the esophagus to reach the stomach for digestion, while air goes down the trachea to enter the lungs for respiration.
The esophagus is located where to the trachea?
Esophagus is located on the back side of the trachea in your thorax.
Where is your trachea?
Seems like a homework quesiton... The trachea is the cartilagenous tube between the nose/mouth to the lungs. It is at the front of your neck it passes in between the two heads of collar bone.
