Comedian Sarah Silverman has indicated that she is "insanely lucky to be alive" after being hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) with epiglottitis. You may be asking, hospitalized with what?

The second movement, to the completely inverted position, is an active one and is probably the result of contraction of the thyroepiglottic muscle. 80 The completely inverted epiglottis looks like ...

Swallowing is one of the most obvious functions the epiglottis serves because it covers the airway, or larynx, when you eat and drink. When you swallow, the muscles in your throat respond by ...

On the other hand, the lungs must be protected from aspiration during swallowing or vomiting by closing the epiglottis and larynx, and movement of fluid out the nose is prevented by sealing the ...