Question

Food some time enters wind pipe and causes choking how does it happen

Answer 1

Choking is caused when a piece of food or other object gets stuck in the upper airway. ... When swallowing occurs, the trachea iscovered by a flap called the epiglottis, which prevents food from entering the lungs. The trachea splits into the left and right mainstem bronchus. These lead to the left and right lungs.

Answer 2

Answer:

1. when food is swallowed a flap of cartilage called epiglottis presses down and cover the opening to the air passage

2. this prevents the entry of food into windpipe

3. sometimes if epiglottis does not cover the glottis food particles enters and causes chocking