The epiglottis is the valve which closes over the upper opening of the larynx. From Wordnik.com. [Resonance in Singing and Speaking] Reference
This is the epiglottis, which is much like a box lid that swings over the opening between the throat and the voice box. From Wordnik.com. [How to Speak Dog] Reference
Then a flap of tissue called the epiglottis momentarily covers the air pathway and prevents water or food from entering. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The epiglottis is a small leaf shaped membrane situated immediately behind the root of the tongue and covers the larynx during swallowing. From Wordnik.com. [The Respiratory System: Anatomy 101] Reference
"Gaftsh," she said, blowing out some of her epiglottis. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon on a Pedestal]
To obviate this, however, nature has contrived the epiglottis. From Wordnik.com. [On the Parts of Animals] Reference
An over-developed epiglottis found in middle-aged coloraturas. From Wordnik.com. [The Meaning of Liff]
Did you know ‘epiglottis’ or did you have to look that one up?. From Wordnik.com. [TLC and Other Stuff « Whatever] Reference
For an epiglottis made of such materials would not admit of easy motion. From Wordnik.com. [On the Parts of Animals] Reference
This involves having the epiglottis locked into a closed position most of the time. From Wordnik.com. [How to Speak Dog] Reference
Once in it begins to do light housekeeping on the aforementioned stranger's epiglottis. From Wordnik.com. [The Silly Syclopedia] Reference
Zora asked, shedding some epiglottis, as she tended to do when expressing herself with some force. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon on a Pedestal]
This is accomplished through the soft palate and epiglottis, which are operated somewhat as valves. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools] Reference
And any time there ` s air in the lungs and a drowning, that means that the epiglottis has spasmed. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2007] Reference
The gag reflex is indeed engaged, to repel water in the mouth and nose and just past the epiglottis. From Wordnik.com. ["Michael Mukasey... is absolutely correct... that the issue of 'waterboarding' cannot be decided in the abstract."] Reference
The latter class contract the windpipe when swallowing their food; the former close down the epiglottis. From Wordnik.com. [On youth and old age, on life and death, on breathing] Reference
A had all the vocal part of his jaw shot off, and several useful portions of his epiglottis carried away. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873] Reference
Epiglottitis (severe swelling of the epiglottis, a tissue that closes off the windpipe during swallowing). From Wordnik.com. [Hib Vaccine] Reference
There, beyond the drooping epiglottis, I saw for a fleeting moment a smooth round object no bigger than a pea. From Wordnik.com. [Favourite Dog Stories]
Thus much then as to the reason why some animals have an epiglottis while others have none, and thus much also as to its use. From Wordnik.com. [On the Parts of Animals] Reference
Nothing will make me want to gut your epiglottis and remove your teeth faster with a fishing knife than you using words that don't exist. From Wordnik.com. [Printing: A Wordinista's Guide to Pronunciation] Reference
The windpipe opens downward from the pharynx, but this communication can be shut off by a little plate or lid of cartilage, the epiglottis. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
This is the epiglottis, which, as we have already learned shuts down, like the lid of a box, over the top of the larynx (secs. 137 and 203). From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Trees have no tongues, lips, epiglottis, tonsils, or that little connective tissue under your tongue that hurts so much when it gets nicked. From Wordnik.com. [LORAX’S “GREENEST HOUSE IN SAN FRANCISCO” | Inhabitat] Reference
During the act of swallowing, the epiglottis is turned downward and backward until it touches the = Cricoid Cartilage =, thus closing the glottis. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
Manifold speaks of a case of bifurcated epiglottis. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Saves wear-and-tear on the ol 'epiglottis, you know. From Wordnik.com. [PalmBeachDailyNews - Latest Headlines]
Thumb and forefinger bored under the jaw and Mr. Dodd's epiglottis ceased vibrating. From Wordnik.com. [The Landloper] Reference
Morgagni mentions a man without an epiglottis who ate and spoke without difficulty. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Enos of Brooklyn in 1854 reported absence of the epiglottis without interference with deglutition. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Instances of duplication of the epiglottis attended with a species of double voice possess great interest. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
It was ascertained that it served to aid in the formation of a pouch-like recess at the base of the epiglottis. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
If situated far back on the dorsum, it spreads on to the epiglottis, the pillars of the fauces, and the tonsil. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
If his epiglottis surgery works as well as trainer Wayne Lukas believes it will, he should return to his Hopeful. From Wordnik.com. [Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com] Reference
If Parker showed that he was still aspirating on his spit, then we would proceed with partially pinning down his epiglottis. From Wordnik.com. [Praying For Parker] Reference
The razor had passed through the glosso-epiglottidean fold, a tip of the epiglottis, and through the pharynx down to the spinal column. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
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