Lateral soft tissue X-ray of neck may show swollen epiglottis (thumb sign) .

颈部外侧软组织X光片可见肿胀（拇指征）。

It is an acute inflammatory condition confined to supraglottic structures which include epiglottis, aryepiglottic folds and arytenoids.

急性炎一种急症状态，主要累及部声门上区的及其周围组织（包括谷、杓状襞和杓状软骨等。

Epiglottis closed, you can eat or drink.

闭合，你可以进食或饮水。

Some languages even make vocal sounds using the epiglottis, like in some African languages.

有些语言甚至利用发出声音，比如某些非洲语言就这样。

There's a tiny flap in your esophagus called the epiglottis that is there to stop gas from escaping out of your stomach.

食道有一个叫的小组织，阻止气体从胃逸出。

These bacteria, and particularly Haemophilus influenzae, have a special preference for the superior portion of the larynx and the epiglottis, causing epiglottitis.

这些细菌，尤其流感嗜血杆菌，上方以及部，导致炎。

That have all of these valves, the epiglottis, the gastroesophageal junction, the pylorus, the ileocecal junction, the rectum.

那些都有这些瓣膜，，胃食管结合部，幽门，回盲部，直肠。

When swallowing occurs, the epiglottis covers the trachea so that food can't enter and becomes lodged there.

当吞咽时，能遮住气管，使食物不能进入气管和在那里停留。

Depressing the tongue with a tongue depressor may show red and swollen epiglottis.

用压舌器压舌可能出现红肿。

But in every mammal, we've just got the one tube, and all that separates the digesting part from the breathing part is a little flap called the epiglottis.

但在所有哺乳动物中， 我们只有一个管子，消化部分和呼吸部分之间唯一分开的就一个叫做的小瓣膜。

Pharyngeal phase, in which the movements of the soft palate, larynx and epiglottis separate the air passage from the food passage so that food and drink are not aspirated into the nose or trachea.

咽部阶段，软腭、部和的运动将气道与食物通道分开，这样食物和饮料就不被吸入鼻子或气管。

It must have been really frustrating because you want to connect with people who know everything that goes into it, not just, like, where your epiglottis is or something like that.

这一定非常令人沮丧，因为你想与了解其中所有内容的人联系，而不仅仅的位置或类似的东西。

Right at that moment, there's a spoon-shaped flap of cartilage called the epiglottis which acts like a lid and seals the airway off so that the food doesn't end up in the lungs by accident.

在吞咽的瞬间，（一个汤匙状的软骨组织）像盖子一样封闭气道，避免食物误入气道。

The epiglottis lies over the entrance to the larynx. In the act of swallowing, when food and liquid move through the throat, the epiglottis closes off the larynx, so that these things cannot enter.

位于部入口的上方。在吞咽行为中，当食物和液体通过咙时，闭合部，这些东西就无法进入。

A special deterrent to this event is provided for by a flap of cartilage attached to the root or the tongue that acts like a lid over the larynx. .This flap of cartilage is called epiglottis.

对于这种情况的特殊防护通过附在根部或舌头上的软骨瓣提供的，其作用就像部上方的盖子一样，这种软骨瓣被称为。

So, the stuff that you swallow soon encounters the epiglottis — a little trap door of tissue — which covers the larynx, and directs bites of sandwich and sips of cola toward your esophagus and keeps them out of your lungs.

所以，你吞下的东西很快就碰到——一个小小的组织活板门——它覆盖着咙，将三明治和可乐引向食道，并将它们挡在肺部之外。