We can thus, as I infer from Professor Owen's interesting description of these parts, understand the strange fact that every particle of food and drink which we swallow has to pass over the orifice of the trachea, with some risk of falling into the lungs, notwithstanding the beautiful contrivance by which the glottis is closed.
Horrela uler dezakegu, Owenek organo hauei buruz egin duen deskribaketa interesgarritik inferitzen dudan moduan, irensten dugun janari edo edari apur oro trakeazulo gainetik pasa beharra den egitate arraroa, biriketara joateko nolabaiteko arriskuaz, glotisa ixteko mekanismo dotorea ere hantxe izan arren.