Which pipe is for food, which for air?!


Question: Which pipe is for food, which for air?
In your throat, is the pipe closest to the front of your body the one you breathe through? Or is that pipe for food?

Answers:

The one closest to your front (lower) is the one for food (the oesophagus)
The one above and behind it is your air pipe. (Trachea)

I studied the digestive and respirtory systems.




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