write the function of epiglottis
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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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The function of the epiglottis is to close the laryngeal inlet during swallowing and so to prevent the passage of food and liquid into the lungs ...
Function: Closing the laryngeal inlet prior to swallowing in order to prevent the food ...
Blood supply: Superior laryngeal artery
Innervation: Vagus nerve (via internal laryngeal branch of superior laryngeal nerve)
Definition: An elastic cartilaginous flap extending anterior to rima glottidis....
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