State the function of epiglottes
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ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴘɪɢʟᴏᴛᴛɪs ɪs ᴜsᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴜᴘʀɪɢʜᴛ ᴀᴛ ʀᴇsᴛ ᴀʟʟᴏᴡɪɴɢ ᴀɪʀ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴀss ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀʀʏɴx ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴜɴɢs. ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴀ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ sᴡᴀʟʟᴏᴡs ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴘɪɢʟᴏᴛᴛɪs ғᴏʟᴅs ʙᴀᴄᴋᴡᴀʀᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴛʀᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀʀʏɴx sᴏ ғᴏᴏᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ʟɪϙᴜɪᴅ ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴇɴᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴᴅᴘɪᴘᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴜɴɢs.
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The epiglottis is usually upright at rest allowing air to pass into the larynx and lungs. When a person swallows the epiglottis folds backward to cover the entrance of the larynx so food and liquid do not enter the windpipe and lungs
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