As Food Is Swallowed It Is Prevented from Coming into Contact

question 11

Multiple Choice

As food is swallowed it is prevented from coming into contact with air and entering the trachea by the

• A) pharynx.
• B) larynx.
• C) bronchioles.
• D) saliva.
• E) epiglottis.

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Definitions:

T-Table Values

Critical values used in t-tests that determine the thresholds for significance based on the sample size and desired confidence level.

Confidence Level

The percentage that expresses the degree of certainty in the reliability of a confidence interval.

Confidence Interval

A chain of values, emanating from statistical investigations of samples, which is believed likely to enclose the value of a mysterious population parameter.

Regression Line

A line of best fit through a scatter plot of data points that shows the relationship between two variables.