Assertion: epiglottis | /r/CapableOf | direct food
Facets:
value: to the stomach
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: from the respiratory passages
type: LOCATION
value: through the esophagus
type: MANNER
value: into this structure
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: esophagus The epiglottis directs food and water from the respiratory passages into this structure.
text: During swallowing, however, extrinsic muscles of the larynx pull the larynx upward toward the epiglottis, the tongue pushes the epiglottis downward to meet it, and the epiglottis closes the airway and directs food and drink into the esophagus behind it.
text: The epiglottis directs food to the stomach (through the esophagus) and air to the lungs (through the trachea).