Chocking during swallowing

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Miracoli

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A 71-year-old woman often visits an ED with swallowing difficulties and subsequent choking while eating food.
Which of the following pairs of muscles is most instrumental in preventing food from entering the larynx and trachea during swallowing?
(A) Sternohyoid and sternothyroid muscles
(B) Oblique arytenoid and aryepiglottic muscles
(C) Inferior pharyngeal constrictor and thyrohyoid muscles
(D) Levator veli palatini and tensor veli palatini muscles
(E) Musculus uvulae and geniohyoid muscles
 
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