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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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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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