Talk:Epiglottis

message: Is the cartilage elastic or fibrocartilage? Madskile 20:26, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cartilage 

message: There is a well documented movement of the epiglottis during healthy (non dysphagic) swallowing. This motion is one of a number of mechanism to prevent aspiration of food, but cannot be discounted as a "protective" function. Furthermore, there is some disagreement about the relative contributions of passive motion via ligamentation versus active muscular tensioning; but in any event, the epiglottis certinaly "has a function".
I am removing the statement added by 152.23.35.254 asserting that "There is no real function of the epiglottis." And restoring the prior content while I'm at it.
Refs: http://www.innerbody.com/image_digeov/dige02-new2.html, http://www.springerlink.com/content/w406m57841x11w73/, http://lib.bioinfo.pl/meid:119714.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.214.141.25 (talk) 15:42, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Epiglottal movement during swallowing 

message: In creating the anatomy infobox, I read that the embryological precursor of the epiglottis is debated.  The sources agree that the majority of the epiglottis arises from the hypobranchial eminence, but they debate the other contributions.  I would appreciate if someone with more expertise can elaborate on the embryological precursor or confirm that this is the most encyclopedic information.  Adamlankford (talk) 23:44, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not an embryologist, but this source is cited on other wikipedia pages, it states the epiglottis derives from arch 4 (whereas the posterior portion of the tongue derives from arch 3). The [EHDAAA2 ontology] has the epiglottis mesenchyme and epithelium developing from the 4th arch Cmungall (talk) 18:46, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Embryological Precursor

message: Is there a reason that the introduction mentions the uvula to be incorrectly called tonsils? It seems out of context.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.251.209.229 (talk) 09:43, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tonsils? 

message: Currently, the article only describes the epiglottis of humans. However, the epiglottis in humans is unusually long compared to that of other mammals, supposedly to help us be able to speak. I know that dogs can drink and breathe at the same time, so their epiglottis(i?) must be different somehow. I think it should appear somewhere in this article if anyone knows more about this. Sesamehoneytart 18:46, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Besides mammals, we could also use something about the epiglottis in birds, reptiles, amphibians, and dipnoi (lungfish), as well as air-breathing ray-finned fishes such as Polypterus and Protopterus. While lungs were present in the most recent common ancestor of bony fishes (~420 mya) the early versions were just outpouchings of the esophagus. The epiglottis in lungfish seems to be homologous with the tetrapod version, in ray-finned fish it looks like their epiglottis may be homologous with the larynx, in which case it could be an independent development. Zyxwv99 (talk) 18:27, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Humans vs. Other Mammals 

message: Has the author never been exposed to the delightful variety of nature? While "a leaf" could be correct in some specific sense, without definition or description this statement is useless.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.196.26.24 (talk) 00:11, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  "like a leaf?!" 

message: Here it is: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17823468
I have never used Wikipedia to edit before and I apologise if this is out of place. If somebody more well informed on how to use this site could take this and edit the page as/if necessary it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:8B2:E300:2816:7934:C71:80FB (talk) 17:19, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  I found a possible citation/reference for the setion on high-rising epiglottis