Assertion: epiglottis | /r/HasProperty | shaped like leaf
Facets:
value: with the stem
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The Epiglottis (cartilago epiglottica) is a thin lamella of fibrocartilage of a yellowish color, shaped like a leaf, and projecting obliquely upward behind the root of the tongue, in front of the entrance to the larynx.
text: The epiglottis is shaped like a leaf, with the stem attached to the anterior part of the thyroid cartilage.
text: The epiglottis is shaped like a leaf.
text: The Epiglottis (cartilago epiglottica) is a thin lamella of fibrocartilage of a yellowish color, shaped like a leaf, and projecting obliquely upward behind the root of the tongue, in front of the entrance to the larynx.
text: The epiglottis is shaped like a leaf, with the stem attached to the an...Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiglottis • (n.) A cartilaginous lidlike appendage which closes the glottis while food or drink is passing while food or drink is passing through the pharynx.
text: The epiglottis is a fibro-cartilaginous lid shaped like a leaf which covers the upper opening of the larynx.
text: The Epiglottis (cartilago epiglottica) is a thin lamella of fibrocartilage of a yellowish color, shaped like a leaf, and projecting obliquely upward behind the root of the tongue, in front of the entrance to the larynx.
text: The Epiglottis (cartilago epiglottica) is a thin lamella of fibrocartilage of a yellowish color, shaped like a leaf, and projecting obliquely upward behind the root of the tongue, in front of the entrance to the larynx.
text: Shaped like a leaf, the epiglottis moves over the entrance to the larynx once swallowing commences.