While swallowing food __________ closes to prevent the food entering the windpipe .
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epiglottis.
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Epiglottis is a flap which covers the windpipe when we swallow food.
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epiglottis
epiglottis - large , leaf-shaped piece of cartilage lying on top of larynx; during swallowing the larynx elevates, causing the epiglottis to fall on the glottis (opening into larynx) like a lid, closing it off - this prevents food from entering the windpipe (trachea).
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