What is the name of the structure that prevents food from entering the airway?

a) trachea

b) esophagus

c) diagram

d) epiglottis

(Test 1) - d) epiglottis

"the epiglottis covers the trachea during swallowing, thus preventing food from entering the

airway"

?= aka the windpipe

- is a cylindrical portion of the respiratory tract that joins the larynx with the lungs

(Test 1) - Trachea

?= connects the throat to the stomach

- when someone swallows, this contracts to force the food down int...
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