Biology 12th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078024269
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-426-9

Chapter 34 - Digestive Systems and Nutrition - Assess - Page 657: 5

Answer

E.

Work Step by Step

A person cannot swallow food and talk at the same time because to swallow, the epiglottis must close off the trachea and to speak, air must come through the larynx to form sounds.
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