Assertion: epiglottis | /r/CapableOf | cover windpipe
Facets:
value: during swallowing
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The epiglottis is a flap of tissue that covers your trachea, or windpipe, while you eat to prevent food from entering your lungs.
text: The epiglottis sits at the very end of the tongue and covers the voice cords and wind pipe during swallowing, thus preventing food from entering these structures.
text: The epiglottis is a small flap of tissue that sits on the base of the tongue and covers the windpipe.
text: The epiglottis is a flap of tissue that covers your trachea, or windpipe, while you eat to prevent food from entering your lungs.
text: The epiglottis is a small flap that covers the epiglottis when breathing and covers the trachea, or windpipe, when you are eating to prevent food from entering the lungs.