Assertion: epiglottis | /r/CapableOf | close the glottis
Facets:
value: during swallowing
type: TEMPORAL
value: during food
type: TEMPORAL
value: during fluids
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Neck muscles lift the hyoid bone that causes the epiglottis to fold down and close the glottis.
text: Were it not for the epiglottis closing off the glottis during swallowing, food or fluids would go into the trachea and lungs.
text: The swallowing reflex causes the epiglottis to close over the glottis, the opening to the trachea and the respiratory tract.
text: When the tongue moves backward during the swallowing process, the epiglottis folds down and closes the glottis.
text: The neck muscles lift the hyoid bone causing the epiglottis to fold down and close the glottis .