Question

Why there is coughing when we eat food hurriedly?

Answer 1

Answer:

the origin of the oesophagus and trachea is same so the food enters to the trachea when we eat the food in hurry

Answer 2

This happens when food particles enter the windpipe.

Windpipe carries air from the nostrils to lungs. It runs adjacent to the food pipe. But inside the throat they share a common passage.

During the act of swallowing a flap like valve closes the passage of the windpipe and guides the food into the foodpipe. If by chance, food enters the windpipe we feel choked or hiccups sometime.