What is Nose and Throat in Human Body?
The air enters through our nose or mouth. Our nose has hairs and mucous to clean, moisten and warm the air. Mucous is a sticky liquid. Dust particles and germs present in the air stick to the mucous.
The air enters the throat and passes through the larynx. Our vocal cords are present in the larynx to produce sound.
Our throat contains two pipes. One for the food and the other for breathing. It is the epiglottis which allow things to go down the right way. When we eat or drink something the epiglottis covers the windpipe.
Air passes from the larynx into the trachea or windpipe. Our windpipe is made of C-shaped rings of cartilage. These rings keep our windpipe open. Mucous and ting hair in the trachea also filter the air.
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