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the_____is a small flap of tissue that closes the windpipe when you swallow food to keep you from choking
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the_____is a small flap of tissue that closes the windpipe when you swallow food to keep you from choking

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the epiglottis is the small flap of tissue that closes the windpipe when you swallow food to keep you from chocking

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The leaf shaped flap of thin tissue that closes to keep you from choking is the Epiglottis. As an infant your voice box drops, which enables you to speak. A hazard of this happening is you are more liable to choke.
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