The first portion of the day resulted in breaking the mandible and cutting the mouth laterally towards the pinna. We distinguished the hard plate from the soft plate located on the upper jaw and felt the incisors and canine teeth, although they were under developed they were still sharp. The first hole is the opening to the glottis and posterior is the epiglottis. The epiglottis is a flap of connective tissue that is made of elastic cartilage at the base of the tongue. It covers the opening of the trachea to close the laryngeal inlet during swallowing, preventing food from entering the lungs.
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