Airway

... from the stomach, mainly the acid, reach and irritate the lower esophagus. In case, you think that throwing up will allow food to go through the airway while it goes up the esophagus, it won't. That is because when you throw up, your brain sends out a complete systematic approach, of which consists ...

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If you actually read your textbook or looked online, you would discover the Cardiac Sphincter , but clearly you haven't.

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What is an anatomy around that area? If stomach came up and esphogus lining was tough could it not go into the upper airways which are sensitve.

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... site of the surgery. Ever since he has weakness in his neck can't seem to hold it up, when he sleeps it flops over to the left and it cuts off his airway which in turn wakes him up it up, his voice becomes very weak after speaking for awhile. He has had problems with GERD in the past but now it ...

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... Just wondering we were given a table of vol. vs. pressure from a subject that had his respiratory muscles relaxed against a totally occluded airway....I'm just wondering what was the point of a totally occluded airway---I don't even get what that means to be honest...and these pressures gave ...

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