Why do we have to contract our throat when swallowing water? I mean it could just slide right down to our tummies.

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Why do we have to contract our throat when swallowing water? I mean it could just slide right down to our tummies.

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To close the way to the lungs as it is a T-junction(in real it’s more like up side down Y) to stomach and lungs. And the same with air, it close the way to stomach.

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