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xricco
7 months ago

The esophagus is “soft” so that you can take food. However, the air tube is not “hard”, it is flexible, but it is more stable than the esophagus so that the airways can be kept open.

Hoegaard
7 months ago

The wall of the air tube is reinforced with cartilage rings.