MCQ IN MEDICINE

Detailed explanation-1: -Aspiration pneumonia occurs when food or liquid is breathed into the airways or lungs, instead of being swallowed.

Detailed explanation-2: -Foreign body aspiration, also known as pulmonary aspiration, occurs when an object is accidentally inhaled into a person’s airways.

Detailed explanation-3: -The trachea, which begins at the edge of the larynx, divides into two bronchi and continues into the lungs. The trachea allows air to pass from the larynx to the bronchi and then to the lungs.

Detailed explanation-4: -The larynx is the portion of the airway between the pharynx and the trachea, contains the organs for the production of speech. Formed of a cartilaginous skeleton of nine cartilages, it includes the important organs of the epiglottis and the vocal folds (vocal cords) which are the opening to the glottis.