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What prevents foods or liquids from getting into the lungs
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What prevents foods or liquids from getting into the lungs
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The larynx prevents foods or liquids from getting into the lungs.
Because when you swallow, the larynx rises
causing the cartilaginous epiglottis to tip over the opening of the larynx, which guards the larynx during swallowing
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