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Answer 1

Answer 1

Drooling happens due to excess salivation and is very common in te first two years of life. In certain cases it may be due to neurological problems and resulting in poor muscle initiation and activation in the mouth causing swallowing problems resukting in drools and increases the risk I'd aspiration  

Small tongue can lead to proplems in breastfeeding and speech development

Newbie always breath through their nose and are even called as obligate nose breather

The trachea is a path surrounded by the cartilage and enables breathing

Ans:a.excessive drooling