GLOSSO-EPIGLOTTIC
\ɡlˈɒsə͡ʊˌɛpɪɡlˈɒtɪk], \ɡlˈɒsəʊˌɛpɪɡlˈɒtɪk], \ɡ_l_ˈɒ_s_əʊ_ˌɛ_p_ɪ_ɡ_l_ˈɒ_t_ɪ_k]\
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That which belongs to the tongue and epiglottis. Some anatomists have so denominated certain fleshy fibres, which pass from the base of the tongue towards the epiglottis. These muscles are more evident in some of the mammalia than in man; and their use seems to be,-to raise the epiglottis, and to remove it farther from the glottis. Santorini, who described them after Eustachius, calls them Retract o res Epiglottidis.
By Robley Dunglison
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