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particular throat behavior
• The larynx houses the vocal cords and helps protect the trachea from food aspiration.
• The larynx is crucial to breathing and having the ability to speak.
• The epiglottis works with the larynx to prevent food from entering the windpipe. Instead, together both push food into the esophagus
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