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aliya0001 [1]
3 years ago
8

When eating, a person is protected from food entering the airway primarily by ____?

Biology
1 answer:
liraira [26]3 years ago
4 0
The correct answer for this question is "Epiglottis". The Epiglottis is responsible for cutting off the passage way to the airway while swallowing/eating food to prevent the food from being inhaled by the body.The Epiglottis has a leaf-like shape structure with a cartilage that covers the passage way into the air ways of the body. 
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