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प्रश्न
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Why do we sometimes choke suddenly while eating?
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उत्तर
The upper ends of both the oesophagus and the trachea open in the throat next to each other; there is a flap that covers the trachea. When the food is swallowed, the trachea remains closed. But if we eat in a hurry, the food enters the trachea. This causes choking. But due to coordination of the brain, we immediately start coughing, and the food particles are expelled out of the trachea.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Match the items of Column I with suitable items in Column II.
| Column I | Column II | ||
| (a) | Salivary gland | (i) | Bile juice secretion |
| (b) | Stomach | (ii) | Storage of undigested food |
| (c) | Liver | (iii) | Saliva secretion |
| (d) | Rectum | (iv) | Acid release |
| (e) | Small intestine | (v) | Digestion is completed |
| (f) | Large intestine | (vi) | Absorption of water |
| (vii) | Release of faeces |
Name the main organs of the human digestive system.
How is the liver an important organ in our body?
Differentiate between.
Mechanical digestion and Chemical digestion
Correct the spellings: Ptorein
Give a reason.
Food becomes acidic in the stomach.
A fluid containing the digestive enzyme ____________ is secreted by the serous cells of salivary gland.
Match the following:
| 1. | Pancreatic juice | a. | Breaking starch |
| 2. | Salivary enzymes | b. | Digestive enzymes |
| 3. | Salivary gland | c. | Alimentary canal |
| 4. | Digestive tract | d. | Parotid |
______ is a major organ for the digestion of food materials.
Solve the crossword given as Figure.

| Across | Down | ||
| 1. | Cream-coloured digestive gland | 2. | Feeds with the help of pseudopodia |
| 3. | Undigested excretory solid residues | 6. | Total number of molars in one jaw of an adult |
| 4. | Organ that mixes saliva with the food | 8. | Largest gland |
| 5. | Point of defecation | 9. | Watery secretion in the mouth |
| 7. | Stored in gall bladder | 11. | A ruminant |
| 10. | Finger-like outgrowth in the small intestine | 12. | Form of food chewed by ruminants |
| 13. | Kind of taste buds | ||
| 14. | Kills bacteria in the stomach | ||
