Swallowing is one of the most obvious functions the epiglottis serves because it covers the airway, or larynx, when you eat and drink. When you swallow, the muscles in your throat respond by ...

Eat, drink and be merry. And thank your epiglottis, themarvelous flap of cartilage in your throat that makes the first twoacts possible. Make that all three: If you couldn’t eat or drink ...

Epiglottitis is inflammation of the epiglottis. It can result from an infection or other cause, such as physical trauma. A severely swollen epiglottis can block the airway, causing severe ...

During infancy, it sits behind the jaw between the soft palate — the back part of the roof of the mouth — and the epiglottis. The epiglottis is the small piece of cartilage that seals off the ...

It explains how the nose functions as an air passage that warms and filters incoming air, while the throat and epiglottis manage the flow of air and food. The film highlights the role of tonsils ...

FROM an anthropotomical point of view the epiglottis had for a long time been generally looked upon as a kind of sentinel for the protection of the upper air-passages, when Rückert's comparative ...

Unfortunately for Mandella, Omaha Beach and jockey Mike Smith, the 4-to-1 favorite won’t be running in the Derby after an exam revealed an entrapped epiglottis. The news came as a shock to the ...

We took him to our vet last week, and an x-ray revealed a growth in his throat, maybe on his epiglottis. No information has been given yet as to whether it is malignant and what treatment ...