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What is the epigtottis?

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Audy2704 ∙

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∙ 16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

pretty sure you mean epiglottis and an epiglottis is the small flap of elastic cartilage that prevents liquid or solids from going down your trachea, and allow them to go down your esophagous to your stomach. when you swallow, your epiglottis seals off the entry to your trachea.

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