Sentences with word «epiglottis»

You see, we have a valve - medically known as epiglottis - that prevents you from actually vomiting what you just ate.

During obligate nose breathing the newborn's epiglottis elevates and forms an interlock with the soft palate, allowing the newborn to breathe and swallow at the same time.

An underdeveloped epiglottis is mainly the reason why babies spit - up.

(Of course, a hitter can try to drive a ball so hard it lodges in the opponent's epiglottis, but that's a lot different than a foul that sends an airborne basketball player bouncing off the hardwood.)

Their research states that surgeons who had operated on both babies and adults with tongue tie reported that their clientele had experienced difficulties which embraced a range of problems from respiratory difficulties and deviation of the epiglottis and larynx, to problems with phonation.

Since the tongue is driven back, there could be a premature separation of the soft palate and epiglottis — which can impact breathing.

I hypothesize that the newborn swallow may be different for the first few months because it is not necessary to lift the soft palate during a swallow until the epiglottis begins to descend.

During bottle feeding, the nipple, depending on firmness and length, could go back past the junction of the hard and soft palate, and cause a separation between the epiglottis and soft palate.

Downfolding of the epiglottis is more common in children, and delayed airway obstruction has been reported in children (Whitten, 2003).

But a sudden, sharp close of the airways by the epiglottis blocks the access of the airflow, which causes the characteristic sound you can clearly hear.

Difficulty breathing: As the epiglottis swells, your child will have trouble getting air to her lungs.

If the diagnosis isn't definite, the doctor may take an X-ray of your baby's neck to see if the epiglottis is swollen.

Inflammation of the epiglottis, which keeps food from entering your lungs, is another type of laryngitis in children.

Each model has a mouth, an epiglottis, a windpipe, and a gullet which leads to a stomach.

I saw for a moment all the landmarks — the epiglottis andbeyond to the vocal cords.

During swallowing, the larynx (at the epiglottis and at the glottis) closes to prevent swallowed material from entering the lungs; the larynx is also pulled upwards to assist this process.

Just as pipers first produce a low drone and then layer on additional tones, throat singers start with a droned vocalization and then manipulate their vocal folds, root of the tongue or epiglottis — a flap of cartilage at the base of the tongue — to add additional notes.

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Taste buds are small structures on the upper surface of the tongue, soft palate, and epiglottis that provide.

TREATMENT: An elongated soft palate is treated by surgically shortening the palate so that the edge opposes or slightly overlaps the epiglottis.

In dogs with an elongated soft palate, the palate overlaps the epiglottis to a considerable degree, partially obstructing the animal's airway during breathing.

In animals with a normal soft palate, it touches or slightly overlaps the epiglottis.

Conditions such as inflammation of the epiglottis, tracheal and laryngeal cancer and hyperthyroidism may all change the sound or frequency of your cat's voice and purr.

The soft palate may also be trapped by the epiglottis in other pets when they have a «reverse sneeze» these are usually small breed dogs who suck their soft palate into their trachea and panic trying to breath.

During intubation — the tongue is pulled forward and the epiglottis is visible as a spade shaped cartilage flap covering the tracheal opening.

This hard palate is joined to the more caudal portion or soft palate which extends to the epiglottis.

The epiglottis during swallowing covers the trachea.

Breathing occurs with the epiglottis open and air passes into the trachea from either the mouth or the nasopharynx.

This overlong extension of tissue extends over the top of the epiglottis and into the trachea.

While intubating a pet, it is necessary to flip the epiglottis down with the endotracheal tube.

Anesthetized patients lose the normal reflex ability to swallow; during swallowing, the epiglottis, a cartilage flap that closes over the entrance to the windpipe, prevents food or water from entering the lungs.

Under anesthesia, elongated soft palates extend past the tip of the epiglottis (the entrance to the airway).

The esophagus lies above the trachea and is protected by the epiglottis.