Question

please answer this and give reason too​

Answer 1

Epiglottis is the part of your body that flops down over the windpipe when you swallow to keep food from going into your oesophagus and not into windpipe.Hence,breathing and swallowing cannot be done simultaneously.

Answer 2

Answer:

Epiglottis is the part of your body that flops down over the windpipe when you swallow to keep food from going into your oesophagus and not into windpipe. ... Hence,breathing and swallowing cannot be done simultaneously.

Explanation:

Breathing ceases briefly during swallowing. The pause in breathing is due to inhibition of respiration at neural control centers in the brainstem, and not simply due to closure of the upper airway

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