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Epiglottis   Listen
noun
Epiglottis  n.  (Anat.) A cartilaginous lidlike appendage which closes the glottis while food or drink is passing while food or drink is passing through the pharynx.





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"Epiglottis" Quotes from Famous Books



... on the edge of the tongue it tends to spread to the floor of the mouth and the muco-periosteum of the mandible. If situated far back on the dorsum, it spreads on to the epiglottis, the pillars of the fauces, ...
— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles


Words linked to "Epiglottis" :   taste bud, windpipe, cartilaginous structure, gustatory organ, trachea, tastebud


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