Look up: Epiglottis

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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.
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   Epiglottis
   A lid-like structure which covers the entrance to the larynx during respiration and closes it during deglutition.
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   epiglottis
   (Humans as organisms) small flap at the back of the tongue; it closes the top of the trachea when we swallow so that food does not go down the wrong way. (It does not always work properly; if food goes down the wrong way you cough to try to get the lump of food out of your windpipe.)
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   epiglottis
   [n] - a flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing
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   Epiglottis
   A flap of tissue (cartilage) located in the throat just above the larynx. It closes off the larynx during swallowing, to ensure food passes into the stomach and does not enter the airways.
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   Epiglottis
   A part of the voice box (larynx). It is a flap of hard tissue (cartilage) that protects your airway by stopping food, drinks and saliva going into your lungs.
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   Epiglottis
   Epiglottis: The flap that covers the trachea during swallowing so that food does not enter the lungs. Not everything in medicine is perfectly logical. The name epiglottis was compounded from "epi-" and "- glottis" from the Greek "glotta" meaning "tongue" since it was once believed that the epiglottis was atta ...
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   Epiglottis
   Ep`i·glot'tis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ...; 'epi` upon + ..., ..., tongue. See Glottis .] (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
   <anatomy> A cartilaginous lidlike appendage which closes the glottis while food or drink is passing while food or drink is passing through the pharynx. ... Origin: NL, fr. Gr.; upon +, tongue. See Glottis. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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    epiglottis
    noun a flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing
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    Epiglottis
    The `epiglottis` is a lid-like flap of elastic cartilage tissue covered with a mucus membrane, attached to the root of the tongue. It projects obliquely upwards behind the tongue and the hyoid bone.
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    epiglottis
    (ep″ĭ-glot´is) the lidlike cartilaginous structure overhanging the entrance to the larynx; the muscular action of swallowing closes the opening to the trachea by placing the larynx against the epiglottis, so that food and drink are prevented from entering the larynx and trachea and directed instead into the esophag...
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    Epiglottis
    • (n.) 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
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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 windpipe or trachea. 3. The thin elastic cartilaginous structure l...
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    epiglottis
    A leaf-shaped plate of elastic cartilage, 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 liquids are being swallowed, but is passively bent over the aperture by solid foods being swallowed. [G. epiglttis, fr. epi, ...
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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 ...
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    epiglottis
    epiglottis (ep"uglot'is) : see larynx.
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