Assertion: esophagus's muscle | /r/CapableOf | pull the larynx
Facets:
value: toward the epiglottis
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: upward
type: MANNER
value: during swallowing
type: TEMPORAL
value: forward
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: When relaxed, as it is during swallowing, this muscle pulls the larynx forward and aids in routing food into the esophagus instead of the larynx.
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.