Swallowing is one of the most obvious functions the epiglottis serves because it covers the airway, or larynx, when you eat and drink. When you swallow, the muscles in your throat respond by pulling ...

The epiglottis a cartilaginous structure located at the back of the throat, just beneath the tongue. This flap of tissue closes the top of the trachea on swallowing to prevent food from being inhaled, ...

The condition that ended Omaha Beach 's chances of running in the May 4 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) is familiar enough to horsemen but remains a fairly uncommon diagnosis among ...

FROM an anthropotomical point of view the epiglottis had for a long time been generally looked upon as a kind of sentinel for the protection of the upper air-passages, when Rückert's comparative ...