epiglottis

The other three possibilities, which would involve the epiglottis, had not been known until recently.

They explained the digestive system and talked about the epiglottis.

People who have had their epiglottis removed because of cancer do not choke any more than when it was present.

Routine vaccination has made epiglottis very rare but it still does present in some children.

It is frequently confused with the epiglottis and the tonsils.

"We fit a thin tube through your mouth and down past the epiglottis.

His descriptions of the larynx and epiglottis are very rudimentary.

A third prominence that comes from the fourth arch develops the epiglottis.

In preschoolers, the most frequent complication is an infection of the epiglottis.

The latter class contract the windpipe when swallowing their food; the former close down the epiglottis.

If the epiglottis does not close when swallowing food or water, there is an involuntary reaction to cough.

You have to grab anything going, even if it's Stephen Fry's epiglottis.

To make the rattling sound the snake forces air out of its lungs, vibrating the epiglottis.

A big girl like you should scrunch down going past the epiglottis; but it'll be clear sailing after that."

All I see is a little soreness in the vicinity of the epiglottis, nothing very unusual."

Infection can cause the epiglottis to obstruct or completely close off the windpipe.

Symptoms of a dysfunctional epiglottis include choking on saliva or food more often than usual.

They had a ring-side view of my epiglottis.

In a matter of hours an infected epiglottis can swell to the point of suffocation.

Mahoney went in under the blackjack, and put an elbow through the thug's epiglottis.

Vagus nerve for the small area on the epiglottis.

The epiglottis is one of nine cartilaginous structures that make up the larynx (voice box).

It is a tube which is inserted into the esophagus, past the epiglottis.

This is the well known "omega shaped" epiglottis in laryngomalacia.

The epiglottis guards the entrance of the glottis, the opening between the vocal folds.