There's a tiny flap in your esophagus called the epiglottis that is there to stop gas from escaping out of your stomach.

食道有一个叫会厌的小组织，阻止气体从胃逸出。

It is an acute inflammatory condition confined to supraglottic structures which include epiglottis, aryepiglottic folds and arytenoids.

急性会厌炎是一种急症状态，主要累及喉部声门上区的会厌及其周围组织（包括会厌谷、杓状会厌襞和杓状软骨等。

But in every mammal, we've just got the one tube, and all that separates the digesting part from the breathing part is a little flap called the epiglottis.

但是在每一种哺乳动物中， 我们只有一根管子，将消化部分与呼吸部分分开的是一个叫做会厌的小。

Pharyngeal phase, in which the movements of the soft palate, larynx and epiglottis separate the air passage from the food passage so that food and drink are not aspirated into the nose or trachea.

咽部阶段，软腭、喉部和会厌的运动将气道与食物通道分开，这样食物和饮料就不会被吸入鼻子或气管。

It must have been really frustrating because you want to connect with people who know everything that goes into it, not just, like, where your epiglottis is or something like that.

这一定非令人沮丧，因为你想与了解其中所有内容的人联系，而不仅仅是会厌的位置或类似的东西。

The epiglottis lies over the entrance to the larynx. In the act of swallowing, when food and liquid move through the throat, the epiglottis closes off the larynx, so that these things cannot enter.

会厌位于喉部入口的上方。在吞咽行为中，当食物和液体通过喉咙时，会厌会闭合喉部，这些东西就无法进入。