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What "trapdoor" on your windpipe helps keep out food particles?

A

Epiglottis

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B

Oesophagus

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C

Nostrils

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D

Intestine

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Solution

The correct option is A
Epiglottis

The epiglottis is a flap in the throat that keeps food from entering the windpipe and the lungs. The flap is made of elastic cartilage covered with a mucous membrane, attached to the entrance of the larynx. It projects obliquely upwards behind the tongue and the hyoid bone, pointing dorsally.

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