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    epiglottis
    epiglottis 1. A lid-like piece of cartilage that folds over the windpipe during swallowing to prevent food going into the lungs. 2. A flap of cartilage situated at the base of the tongue that covers the opening to the air passages when swallowing, preventing food or liquids from entering the windpi...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/921/
    
    
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    Epiglottis
    The epiglottis is a flap that is made of elastic cartilage tissue covered with a mucous membrane, attached to the entrance of the larynx. It projects obliquely upwards behind the tongue and the hyoid bone, pointing dorsally. The term, like tonsils, is often incorrectly used to refer to the uvula. T...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiglottis
    
    
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    epiglottis
    A flexible flap of cartilage covered with mucous membrane in mammals that is attached to the wall of the pharynx near the base of the tongue. During swallowing it covers the glottis (the opening to the respiratory tract) and helps to prevent food from entering the trachea (windpipe), although it is ...
    Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/E/epiglottis.html
    
    
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    epiglottis
    epiglottis (ep"uglot'is) : see larynx.
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0913119.html
    
    
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    Epiglottis
    The epiglottis is a fibro-cartilaginous lid shaped like a leaf which covers the upper opening of the larynx. It is covered by a mucous membrane and contains taste and mucous glands.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/EE.HTM
    
    
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    epiglottis
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ep′i-glot′is Definitions: 1. A leaf-shaped plate of elastic fibrocartilage, covered with mucous membrane, at the root of the tongue, which serves as a diverter valve over the superior aperture of the larynx during the act of swallowing; it stands erect when liqu...
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=29751
    
    
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    epiglottis
    Small flap located behind the root of the tongue in mammals. It closes off the end of the windpipe during swallowing to prevent food from passing into it and causing choking. The action of the epiglottis is a highly complex reflex process involving two phases. During the first stage a mouthful of ch...
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0035175.html
    
    
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    EPIGLOTTIS
    The cartilagenous structure which overhangs the larynx to prevent food entering it when swallowing.
    Found op http://rad.usuhs.edu/rad/iong/glossary/glosse.html
    
    
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    epiglottis
    Greek epi = upon, and glottis = larynx, hence the uppermost part of the larynx.
    Found op http://www.anatomy.usyd.edu.au/glossary/glossary.cgi?
    
    
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    epiglottis
    (ep;u1-glot;is) A leaflike structure positioned on top of the larynx. It covers the glottis during swallowing.
    Found op http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/abio/glossary.mhtml
    
    
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    epiglottis
    (ep;u1-glot;is) A leaflike structure positioned on top of the larynx. It covers the glottis during swallowing.
    Found op http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/abio/glossary.mhtml
    
    
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    epiglottis
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    Found op http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/biobookglosse.html
    
    
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    epiglottis
    The flap that covers the trachea during swallowing so that food does not enter the lungs.
    Found op http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?expand=E
    
    

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