Assertion: larynx | /r/CapableOf | play important role
Facets:
value: in preventing food
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: into the esophagus
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in the process of swallowing
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Additionally, the larynx plays an important role in preventing food from becoming stuck in the airway.
text: In the process of swallowing, the larynx plays an important role in the direction of food into the esophagus.
text: The larynx plays an important role when we breathe, swallow and speak.
text: The larynx plays an important role in the formation of sounds and human speech.