{"id":7869,"date":"2019-05-22T16:01:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/epiglottis\/"},"modified":"2019-05-22T16:01:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:01:32","slug":"epiglottis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/epiglottis\/","title":{"rendered":"Epiglottis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cartilaginous, flap-like structure that prevents the entry of food into the larynx (see figure below). &nbsp;In the human newborn, the entrance to the larynx is above the level of the tongue, which means it is possible to drink and breath at the same time. &nbsp;Within the next six months, the epiglottis descends in the pharynx in order to close off the trachea, and with this it is no longer possible to breath while drinking.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image036.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>See <a href=\"larynx\">Larynx<\/a>, <a href=\"newborn\">Newborn<\/a>, <a href=\"pharynx\">Pharynx<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cartilaginous, flap-like structure that prevents the entry of food into the larynx (see figure below). &nbsp;In the human newborn, the entrance to the larynx is above the level of the tongue, which means it is possible to drink and breath at the same time. &nbsp;Within the next six months, the epiglottis descends in the pharynx &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/epiglottis\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Epiglottis&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-7869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-glossary","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}