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What is the passageway for food and air?
The Oropharynx is the common passage for food and air. Liquid, food, and air all pass through this passage.
Are laryngopharynx a common passage for food and air?
Yes, the laryngopharynx is a common passage for both food and air. It serves as the transition point where the respiratory and digestive systems intersect, allowing for the passage of air to the trachea and food to the esophagus.
What is the passage way of food and air?
pharynx
What is the passage way for both air and food?
The pharynx
What serves as a passage way for food and air?
Esophogus
What is the passage through which food and air both pass though?
The passage through which food and air both pass through is called the pharynx. It is a common pathway in the throat where the digestive and respiratory systems intersect. From the pharynx, food goes to the esophagus for digestion, while air continues to the trachea for respiration.
What is the organ at the back of the mouth that allows passage of food and air?
Organ at back of the mouth where food and air may pass.
What is the flap that directs food and air to its proper passage?
The Epiglottis
What serves as a passage way for both air and food?
the esophagus, of course
Function of the nasal passage?
The nasal passages is a channel for airflow to get into the body. It's main function is to get air into the body.
Is an alveoli an air sac or an air passage?
Alveoli is an air passage
Explain why it is correct to say that the air and food passages cross in the pharynx?
The esophagus receives food and the larynx receives air. Since esophagus lies behind the larynx, the food and the air passage are said to cross in the pharynx.
