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 ...

TV host Jeannie Mai is leaving “Dancing With the Stars” after being hospitalized and diagnosed with epiglottis, a potentially life-threatening condition that occurs when the tissue protecting ...

If you've never heard of epiglottis before, it’s understandable that you might have questions. Here’s what you need to know about the health condition: Your epiglottis is a small cartilage ...

Nick Zito's run of bad luck in this year's Triple Crown continued Monday when it was discovered My Meadowview Farm's Noble Causeway had entrapped his epiglottis in the Preakness Stakes (gr.

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 ...

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 ...

Omaha Beach , the morning-line favorite for the May 4 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1), will not run in the race after being diagnosed with an entrapped epiglottis, owner Rick ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...