Figure 2 - Mechanism of epiglottic downfolding.
From the following article
Head and neck disorders affecting swallowing
Timothy M. McCulloch and Debra Jaffe
GI Motility online (2006)
doi:10.1038/gimo36
a: Pre-swallow position for larynx and hyoid. b: First superior movement of laryngeal elevation below hyoid. c: Second movement of larynx anterior with epiglottic tip inferior deflection. (Source: Van Daele et al.,6 with permission from Blackwell Publishing.)
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