epiglottis

A leaf-shaped plate of elastic cartilage, covered with mucus membrane, at the root of the tongue, which serves as a diverter valve over the larynx during swallowing.

Specific

epiglottic cartilage epiglottic tubercle (cushion of epiglottis)

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995

Component-of

mouth (oral cavity) throat