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Explain why doesn't food enter the trachea in place of going into the oesophagus?

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When we swallow the food, the swallow reflex gets activated and larynx elevates and closes in order to prevent the portions of food bolus entering the trachea resulting aspiration of strange material to the bronchi.

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