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Chapter 3, Problem 2TF
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To examine: Whether the statement “Food enters your stomach from the trachea” is true or false.
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if part of a food bolus goes down your trachea which of the following likely malfunctioned? Epiglottis, hard palate, or uvula.
The two openings of the pharynx, one leading to trachea and the other leading to oesophagus, lie very close to each other. Yet food we swallow normally does not enter into our trachea. Why?
Our throat divides into two separate tubes: the windpipe and the gullet. What prevents food from entering the windpipe?
The uvula
The tongue
The trachea
The epiglottis
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