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[Dysphagia] Epiglottis


  • Subject: [Dysphagia] Epiglottis
  • From: eripley at yahoo.com (Irene Campbell-Taylor)
  • Date: Thu Nov 3 14:37:51 2005

One can swallow perfectly well without an epiglottis. What is required is that the arytenoids can approximate the base of the epiglottis - the main protection of the airway, not, as is often assumed, glottic closure.


Dr I Campbell-Taylor
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