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The trachea enables the flow of air from the external environment into the lungs to absorb oxygen and other gases.
The esophagus allows the body to ingest food for optimal nutrition and to maintain life processes.
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How does the trachea compare to the esophagus?
The trachea is in front of the esophagus. The trachea is for breathing while the esophagus is for delivering food to the stomach.
Where is the esophagus located in the ventral or dorsal?
The esophagus is right behind the trachea, in line with it. In anatomical terms, both are located medially; neither is lateral to the other. The esophagus is dorsal or posterior to the trachea. The trachea is anterior or ventral to the esophagus. United Nations Farms
Pig esophagus different structure from trachea?
The trachea has cartilaginous rings. The esophagus does not.
The esophagus is located where to the trachea?
Esophagus is located on the back side of the trachea in your thorax.
What is the function of a throat?
The throat contains the esophagus and the trachea. The esophagus is for food and the trachea is for air.
Where is the esophagus located in correspondence with the trachea?
The trachea is right in front and runs parallel with the esophagus.
The esophagus and trachea are both open to the?
The esophagus and trachea open into the throat and mouth.
Do the air you breath in goes through your trachea?
Air moves from the sinuses into the trachea, the esophagus is part of the digestive tract.
Does the trachea is posterior to the esophagus and superior to the larynx?
The Larynx is anatomically slightly anterior, or in front of, the esophagus. Larynx ( also called as VOICE BOX ) is anterior to esophagus.
The trachea and the esophagus go from the what down?
Trachea goes from the mouth to the lungs. Esophagus goes from the mouth to the stomach.
What is behind the trachea?
the esophagus
What is another word for trachea?
esophagus
