stackyFACTSYour windpipe is built with flexible, C-shaped cartilage rings instead of solid tubes purely so you do not choke on a big gulp. The back of the tube stretches out to let whatever you just swallowed slide down the adjacent pipe, showing zero structural boundary respect.
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