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What is a small flap of tissue automatically closes over you windpipe?
The epiglottis is the small flap of tissue that automatically closes over the windpipe (trachea) when you swallow to prevent food and liquids from entering the airway.
The flap of tissue that closes when you swallow to protect you from choking?
It is called the Epiglottis. If you talk while eating, your epiglottis and your esophagus are open, so instead of going down the esophagus, it goes down the epiglottis. Have you ever heard someone say 'It went down the wrong tube' when you choke? This is what they mean.
The opening of the coronary sinus is guarded by a flap of tissue called the?
The opening of the coronary sinus is guarded by a flap of tissue called the Thebesian valve. This valve helps prevent backflow of blood from the right atrium into the coronary sinus.
What is a flap of tissue located at the bottom of the larynx?
The flap of tissue located at the bottom of the larynx is called the epiglottis. Its main function is to cover the trachea during swallowing to prevent food and liquids from entering the airway.
What is the function of the flap of skin called the epiglottis between the trachea and the esophagus?
The epiglottis is a flap of tissue that closes over the trachea when we swallow to prevent food and liquids from entering the airway. Its main function is to direct food and liquids into the esophagus, which leads to the stomach, instead of the trachea, which leads to the lungs.
The flap of tissue that closes when you swallow to protect you from choking is the?
Epiglottis
What is a flexible flap of tissue called the automatically closes over the windpipe when you swallow to prevent food to enter the windpipe and lungs?
the epiglottis
What is the flap that stops you choking?
It's called the epiglottis. Epiglottis, it is referred to as the 'guardian of the airways'.
What is a small flap of tissue automatically closes over you windpipe?
The epiglottis is the small flap of tissue that automatically closes over the windpipe (trachea) when you swallow to prevent food and liquids from entering the airway.
Between the trachea and the esophogus is a flap of tissue that closes when you swallow what is it and its function?
Is to close the laryngeal inlet during swallowing
The flap of tissue that closes when you swallow to protect you from choking?
It is called the Epiglottis. If you talk while eating, your epiglottis and your esophagus are open, so instead of going down the esophagus, it goes down the epiglottis. Have you ever heard someone say 'It went down the wrong tube' when you choke? This is what they mean.
What is the flap of tissue that prevents blood from flowing back called?
valve
The opening of the coronary sinus is guarded by a flap of tissue called the?
The opening of the coronary sinus is guarded by a flap of tissue called the Thebesian valve. This valve helps prevent backflow of blood from the right atrium into the coronary sinus.
What is a flap of tissue located at the bottom of the larynx?
The flap of tissue located at the bottom of the larynx is called the epiglottis. Its main function is to cover the trachea during swallowing to prevent food and liquids from entering the airway.
What is the function of the flap of skin called the epiglottis between the trachea and the esophagus?
The epiglottis is a flap of tissue that closes over the trachea when we swallow to prevent food and liquids from entering the airway. Its main function is to direct food and liquids into the esophagus, which leads to the stomach, instead of the trachea, which leads to the lungs.
What is an instrument called the microkeratome used for in corneal surgery?
The surgeon creates a flap of tissue across the cornea with an instrument called a microkeratome, ablates the cornea for about 30 seconds, and then replaces the flap.
What is the name of the small flap of tissue above the trachea?
The small flap of tissue above the trachea is called the epiglottis. It acts as a lid to cover the entrance to the trachea during swallowing to prevent food and liquids from entering the airway.
