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The question is helps to keep food out of the respiratory tract?
Chewing food thoroughly before swallowing helps to prevent food particles from entering the respiratory tract. Swallowing with a tilted head and avoiding talking or laughing with food in your mouth also reduces the risk of food going down the wrong way. If food does enter the respiratory tract, it can lead to choking or aspiration pneumonia.
What is the involuntary reflex during swallowing?
the tongue rolling the bolus into the pharynx
Is it possible to swallow a rock?
Rocks are so huge... No! You could try with a stone but that is not recommended, since your body has no use for it and would not be digested, probably causing yougreat discomfort.
Why does your stomach or other muscles does not get digested as when you eat flesh which is also a muscle gets digested?
The digestive tract has a lining which produces mucous and this is protective. It prevents the body from digesting the tract. A person can get an ulcer, usually of the stomach. This what happens if the mucous coat is damaged.
What is the lid of the lower respiratory tract?
The lid of the lower respiratory tract is the epiglottis. It is a flap of cartilage that covers the entrance to the larynx during swallowing to prevent food or liquids from entering the airway.
What part of the GI tract prevents a person from choking?
The epiglottis is a small flap of tissue at the base of the tongue that prevents food and liquid from entering the windpipe (trachea) during swallowing. It covers the opening of the trachea to direct food and liquid into the esophagus, helping to prevent choking.
The question is helps to keep food out of the respiratory tract?
Chewing food thoroughly before swallowing helps to prevent food particles from entering the respiratory tract. Swallowing with a tilted head and avoiding talking or laughing with food in your mouth also reduces the risk of food going down the wrong way. If food does enter the respiratory tract, it can lead to choking or aspiration pneumonia.
Food is forced into the digestive tract by the?
By the swallowing reflex.
What forces food into the digestive tract?
The action that forces food into the digestive tract is swallowing. This begins with the tongue after mastication (chewing).
What happenes when you swallow a water balloon?
Swallowing a water balloon could potentially obstruct your airway or digestive tract, leading to choking or bowel obstruction. It is important to seek medical attention immediately if this occurs.
Why is cartilage important in the gaseous exchange system?
it prevents our tract from colasping
What prevents acid from burning through the digestive tract?
hcl acid
What is the involuntary reflex during swallowing?
the tongue rolling the bolus into the pharynx
Is it possible to swallow a rock?
Rocks are so huge... No! You could try with a stone but that is not recommended, since your body has no use for it and would not be digested, probably causing yougreat discomfort.
Why does your stomach or other muscles does not get digested as when you eat flesh which is also a muscle gets digested?
The digestive tract has a lining which produces mucous and this is protective. It prevents the body from digesting the tract. A person can get an ulcer, usually of the stomach. This what happens if the mucous coat is damaged.
What is the lid of the lower respiratory tract?
The lid of the lower respiratory tract is the epiglottis. It is a flap of cartilage that covers the entrance to the larynx during swallowing to prevent food or liquids from entering the airway.
What tissue prevents food and liquids from entering the respiratory tract?
i think its the trachea but I'm only a 13 year old girl so what do i know. i guess i will see if I'm right tomorrow. ill get back with the answer
