Like Alysheba, Alyrob suffered this spring from an entrapped epiglottis, which means a horse has trouble breathing when running at full speed.
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The upper pharyngeal tract cannot reliably produce a trill, but the epiglottis does, and epiglottal trills are pharyngeal in the broad sense.
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Humans have taste receptors on taste buds ( gustatory calyculi ) and other areas including the upper surface of the tongue and the epiglottis.
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A medical examination showed Victory Gallop had an entrapped epiglottis _ the same problem that earlier had restricted the breathing of Coronado's Quest.
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The epiglottis folds down to a more horizontal position so as to prevent food from going into the trachea, instead directing it to the esophagus.
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As the muscles contract, the epiglottis, a flap of cartilage, flexes protectively into place over the larynx, preventing food from entering the windpipe.
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Situated above the larynx, the epiglottis acts as a flap which closes off the trachea during the act of swallowing to direct food into the esophagus.
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On lateral C-spine X-ray, the thumbprint sign describes a swollen, enlarged epiglottis; usually with dilated hypopharynx and normal subglottic structures.
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Unlike other bones, the hyoid is only distantly floor of the mouth and the tongue above, the larynx below, and the epiglottis and pharynx behind.
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As a three-year-old, he underperformed in his preparatory races for the Kentucky Derby until it was discovered that he had an entrapped epiglottis.
