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When eating, a person is protected from food entering the airway primarily by _____.
a. the closing of the epiglottis
b. the relaxing of the muscles in the pharynx
c. extending the neck when swallowing
d. forming food into a bolus using the cheek muscles
e. salivary amylase breaking down the food
a. the closing of the epiglottis
b. the relaxing of the muscles in the pharynx
c. extending the neck when swallowing
d. forming food into a bolus using the cheek muscles
e. salivary amylase breaking down the food
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GPT 3.5
a. the closing of the epiglottis
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