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What flap of elastic cartilage keeps food and liquids from entering the larynx during swallowing? A) thyroid cartilage B) arytenoid cartilage C) epiglottis D) corniculate cartil…

What flap of elastic cartilage keeps food and liquids from entering the larynx during swallowing? A) thyroid cartilage B) arytenoid cartilage C) epiglottis D) corniculate cartil…
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What flap of elastic cartilage keeps food and liquids from entering the larynx during swallowing?

A) thyroid cartilage
B) arytenoid cartilage
C) epiglottis
D) corniculate cartilage

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C. Epiglottis. The answer is C the epiglottis is the flap of cartilage that keeps food and liquids from entering the larynx
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