The epiglottis makes sure that food goes down the right tube.
When you eat, the epiglottis covers the larynx, so the food or liquid does not enter your lungs. When you breath, the epiglottis stays loose to let the air into the lungs.
keep food out of the lungs.
It is a muscle that blocks the food from entering the respiratory Organ which include larynx, trachea.
Uvula and epiglottis are often mistaken for the same protrusion found in the back of the throat - the uvula. The uvula hangs from the soft palate and is visible when we open our mouth. However, epiglottis refers to a different part. This flap is located lower, and serve as the covering of the glottis.
The epiglottis is a little flap of skin that closes over your trachea (the airway) when you swallow food or water to prevent it from "going down the wrong tube."
the epiglottis is the little flap that closes whenever you swallow to keep the food, water, spit, and whatever else you swallow from going into your lungs. It helps the digestive system because it keeps the things you eat and drink going down your esophagus (throat), which takes it to your stomach, and so on.
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During swallowing, the epiglottis covers the glottic opening to prevent aspiration of food or fluids into the lungs.
Stroke, seizures, alcohol, and various drugs interfere with the function of the epiglottis
The function of the epiglottis is to close when eat stopping the food to go to your lungs
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When swallowing, the epiglottis closes off the trachea to direct food down the esophagus.
The epiglottis - is a small flap of skin that covers the entrance to the wind-pipe. It's function - is to stop food going down into the lungs, instead of the stomach.
The epiglottis in pigs is used to block food from getting stuck in the throat. The function in humans is to facilitate food movement into the esophagus.
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It has the same function as it does in humans - to prevent food from going into the trachea.
The function of the epiglottis ( piece of cartilage) is to close the glottis ( trachea) when swallowing to prevent food from going down the wind pipe.
The function of the pigs glottis is to produce sound. The glottis of the pig is surrounded by the epiglottis.
The epiglottis is what guards the entrance of the opening in the vocal folds. During the action of swallowing, it allows food to pass and go down the esophagus.