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How can your body send food toward your digestive system while allowing air to reach your lungs through such a crowded area? 🍽️

The pharynx is a muscular passage behind the nasal and oral cavities that plays important roles in both breathing and swallowing. During swallowing, coordinated muscular movements help move food toward the esophagus while the airway is protected.

In this cinematic 3D medical animation, we travel through the pharynx to reveal this remarkable biological crossroads.

Body Spectra explores fascinating anatomy, physiology, neuroscience, and hidden mechanisms inside the human body through premium medical CGI.

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00:01The pharynx is a shared passage where air and swallowed food briefly, briefly cross paths.
00:08Its muscles help move food toward the esophagus, while air continues toward the airway.
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