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

颈部外侧软组织X光片可见会厌肿胀（拇指征）。

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

急性会厌炎是种急症状态，主要累及喉部声门上区的会厌及其周围组织（包括会厌谷、杓状会厌襞和杓状软骨等。

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

有些语言甚至使用会厌发出声音，比如某些非洲语言。

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

食道有叫会厌的小组织，止气体从胃逸出。

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

用压舌器压舌可能会出现会厌红肿。

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，尤其是流感嗜血杆菌，偏好喉上方以及会厌部，导致会厌炎。

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

当吞咽时，会厌能遮住气管，使食物不能进入气管和在那里停留。

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.

但是在每种哺乳动物中， 我们只有根管子，将消化部分与呼吸部分分开的是叫做会厌的小瓣。

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，会厌（汤匙状的软骨组织）会像盖子样封闭气道，避免食物误入气道。

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.

这定非令人沮丧，因为你想与了解其中所有内容的人联系，而不仅仅是会厌的位置或类似的东西。

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、喉部和会厌的运动将气道与食物通道分开，这样食物和饮料就不会被吸入鼻子或气管。

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.

会厌位于喉部入口的上方。在吞咽行为中，当食物和液体通过喉咙时，会厌会闭合喉部，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是通过附在根部或舌头上的软骨瓣提供的，其作用就像喉部上方的盖子样，这种软骨瓣被称为会厌。

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会碰到会厌——小小的组织活板门——它覆盖着喉咙，将三明治和可乐引向食道，并将它们挡在肺部之外。