Associations to the word «Epiglottis»

Wiktionary

EPIGLOTTIS, noun. (anatomy) A cartilaginous organ in the throat of terrestrial vertebrates covering the glottis when swallowing to prevent food and liquid from entering the trachea, and in Homo sapiens also a speech organ.

Dictionary definition

EPIGLOTTIS, noun. A flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin