Define epiglottis.
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The epiglottis is a small, movable "lid" just above the larynx that prevents food and drink from entering your windpipe.
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In the second stage of swallowing, an important small flap of tissue called the epiglottis, folds over the voice box (larynx) at the entrance to the windpipe (trachea), preventing food from going down the wrong way.
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That the main function of the epiglottis is to prevent the secretions of the upper air passages, etc., from entering the larynx when in a state of rest. By its means these secretions are deflected into the pyriform fossae, and so find their way into the oesophagus.
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