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What is the tube that carries air and food into the body?
The pharynx, it serves as a passageway for both air and food.
What body part is connected to the pharynx?
The pharynx (or throat) is leads directly to the larynx inferiorly and the nasal cavity superiorly.The first part of the pharynx (nasopharynx) touches the soft palate.The second part of the pharynx (oropharynx) touches the palatine tonsil.The final part of the pharynx (laryngopharynx) touches the oesophagus.
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).
What is the conduit for both air and food?
The pharynx is the conduit for both air and food. It serves as a passageway for air from the nose or mouth to the trachea for respiration, and for food from the mouth to the esophagus for digestion.
Which part of the pharynx is not involved with food transport?
The nasopharynx is not directly involved in food transport. It serves as a passageway for air from the nasal cavity to the rest of the respiratory system.
What part of the Pharynx passageway for air only?
Larynx No , it is the nasopharynx.
The part of the pharynx that is a passageway for air only?
LarynxIt is the NASOPHARYNX. It can not be the Larynx because it's not part of the pharynx. The upper portion of the pharynx, the nasopharynx; is the passageway for air.
What is the main function of the pharynx?
The main function of the pharynx is to provide a passageway for the respiratory and digestive tracts. The pharynx is also referred to as the throat. It houses the tonsils, the uvula, epiglottis and is the entrance way to the esophagus. The pharynx or throat, allows common passageway for air into your lungs and food into your stomach. The pharynx has two roles. The upper part of the pharynx will only allow food to pass through, and the lower part of the pharynx allows air, fluids, and food to pass through.
Do food travel through the pharynx?
The larynx is only the passageway for air, as it is covered by the epiglottis to prevent food from entering it during swallowing. The pharynx, however, serves as a passageway for both food and air.
What structure serve as a passageway for both air and food?
Your Pharynx
Which organ does food and air pass through?
The pharynx serves as a passageway for both food and air.
What is the passageway for air from the pharynx to the bronchi is the?
Trachea
What is the function of a human's pharynx?
The pharynx is a muscular tube which serves as a passageway for both food and air.
Passageway for both food and air from nose to esophagus?
Pharynx I believe
What structure serves as Passageway for both air and food?
Pharynx.
What portion of the Pharynx serves only as a respiratory passageway?
The portion of the pharynx that serves only as a respiratory passageway is the nasopharynx. Located above the soft palate, it connects the nasal cavity to the oropharynx and is involved solely in the passage of air. The nasopharynx contains the adenoids and is not involved in the digestive process.
What is the tube that carries air and food into the body?
The pharynx, it serves as a passageway for both air and food.
