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 The epiglottis is a movable tissue that covers the larynx during swallowing preventing food from gaining access to the trachea. It is open (displaced in a rostral direction) during respiration. Image from AF Wiechmann and CR Wirsig (2003) "Color Atlas of Xenopus laevis Histology", (page 97, Chapter 10 , Cranial Structures: Figure 14). Copyright 2003. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Reproduced with kind permission from Springer Science & Business Media B.V.

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