how come food doesnt go in your lungs when u eat?

[Suvachi The Don Capo]

im confused

 

[EDouble]

digestive sysstem

 

[Suvachi The Don Capo]

yeah but u breath thru ur mouth too why doesnt it go in ur lungs instead.

 

[ChrisZimbo]

and you are 21 , did you go to school?

 

[Illuminattile]

We have a flap of tissue called the epiglottis which closes when we swallow, but not when we breathe. It makes sure food goes into the esophagus and not the trachea.

 

[Bobby Sands]

If food goes down your windpipe you automatically cough it back up.Are u fuckin thick?

 

[Illuminattile]

Closed.