What is the function of Epiglottis?

Answers were Sorted based on User's Feedback



What is the function of Epiglottis?..

Answer / sweety kelhe

The function of the epiglottis is to seal off the windpipe during eating, so that food is not accidentally inhaled.

Is This Answer Correct ?    5 Yes 0 No

What is the function of Epiglottis?..

Answer / vrinda

It prevents the entry of food from reaching the pharynx.

Is This Answer Correct ?    2 Yes 0 No

Post New Answer

More Anatomy Interview Questions

Define Meissner's corpuscles.

1 Answers  


What is the male homologue to the glans clitoris in the female?

1 Answers  


What is Epineurium?

1 Answers  


An aneurysm of what artery may cause CN III palsy?

1 Answers  


What does the psychic phase do?

0 Answers  






What is oligohydramnios associated with?

2 Answers  


Femoral nerve damage manifests what deficit?

2 Answers  


An easy pneumonic to remember fetal erythropoiesis is?

1 Answers  


If you break your supracondyle of the humerus, which nerve would likely injure?

2 Answers  


What embryonic structure does the coronary sinus come from?

1 Answers  


What devlopmental contributions does the 5th branchial arch make?

1 Answers  


What is Corpus Luteum?

3 Answers   EpiSource, iSource,


Categories