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EPIGLOTTIS
~ EPIGLOTTIS id+ | ABOVE THE TONGUE |
not exaclty see> GLOTTIS
med> A CARTILAGE PROTRUDING FROM THE
POSTERIOR END OF THE TONGUE
WHEN SWALLOWING THE TONGUE PUSHES BACKWARD
THE EPIGLOTIS WHICH CLOSES THE LARYX
AS A FLAP TO INSURE THE FOOD SWALLOWED
IS DIVERTED BACKWARDS TOWARD THE ESOPHAGUS
EPIGLOTTITIS IS A SERIOUS AND AT TIMES FATAL
EPIGLOTTITIC INFLAMATORY RPOCESS
continue see> GLUT
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