EMBRYOLOGY
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
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Question
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a flap of tissue that closes when we eat so food doesn’t not go down the trachea
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larynx
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pharynx
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trachea
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epiglottis
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The flap that covers the trachea during swallowing so that food does not enter the lungs. Anatomy of the larynx. The three parts of the larynx are the supraglottis (including the epiglottis), the glottis (including the vocal cords), and the subglottis .
Detailed explanation-2: -A small muscular flap called the epiglottis closes to prevent food and liquid from going down the “wrong pipe”-your windpipe (trachea).
Detailed explanation-3: -The epiglottis drops downward to prevent food from entering the larynx and trachea in order to direct the food into the esophagus.
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