Labels:daily | hakham | web site OCR: EPIGLOTTIS HE EPIGLOTTIS scoop shaped piece of tough but flexible tissue called cartilage. It is situated behind your tongue at the upper end of your larynx (voice box) W hen you breathe in or speak your epiglottis points up to allow air in and out of your larynx and lungs. When you swallow the epiglottis covers the opening the larynx This prevents podj from entering your air passages, causing you to choke podj accidentally goes down the wrong way, you cough to clear it. vour prevent food pooj
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