No people sometimes get it removed but it makes you puke
Epiglottis
The epiglottis prevents the food you eat from entering the trachea.
epiglottis
The epiglottis.
It is called the Epiglottis. If you talk while eating, your epiglottis and your esophagus are open, so instead of going down the esophagus, it goes down the epiglottis. Have you ever heard someone say 'It went down the wrong tube' when you choke? This is what they mean.
It is the epiglottis.
That's your epiglottis.
Epiglottis
The epiglottis prevents the food you eat from entering the trachea.
When swallowing, the epiglottis closes off the trachea to direct food down the esophagus.
Hakea epiglottis was created in 1805.
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epiglottis
During swallowing, the epiglottis covers the glottic opening to prevent aspiration of food or fluids into the lungs.
This smalflap of tissue is known as the epiglottis. It blocks the trachea (windpipe) during the swallowing of food andliquids.
The epiglottis protects the trachea from food.
The epiglottis.