• It provides sensory innervations below the vocal cords and trachea and motor supply to all the intrinsic laryngeal muscles except cricothyroid. (medscape.com)
  • The vocal cords are the upper opening into the windpipe (trachea), the passageway to the lungs. (chop.edu)
  • During inhalation, the epiglottis folds over the trachea to prevent exhaling air from flowing back toward the mouth. (77bongs.com)
  • The soft tissue neck X ray can show structures like the adenoids, vocal cords, trachea, tonsils and the epiglottis (the flap of tissue that covers your windpipe when you swallow) which are nearby. (everyhealthmatter.com)
  • It can also show part of the trachea, the nasal and oral passage, the nasopharynx (where these two passageways meet), and the epiglottis (a flap that covers the trachea when you swallow). (everyhealthmatter.com)
  • the vocal folds, or true vocal cords, are formed from the inferior layer of infolded membrane. (medscape.com)
  • The free superior margin of this submucosal membrane is thickened to form the vocal ligament, which forms the vocal folds (true vocal cords) once covered by mucosa. (medscape.com)
  • Instead, it sends the breath straight down your esophagus and onto the tongue, allowing the muscles surrounding your vocal cords to inflate properly. (77bongs.com)
  • Referring to the ligament between the base of the tongue (usually the posterior portion) and the epiglottis (the flap that covers the wind pipe during swallowing, so that food does not enter the lungs): As part of her speech therapy, Susan was doing some special exercises to lengthen the glossoepiglottic area of her throat. (wordinfo.info)
  • Vallecula - The channel that joins the base of the tongue to the epiglottis. (everyhealthmatter.com)
  • The epiglottis folds down over the vocal cords to prevent food and irritants from entering the lungs. (chop.edu)
  • Prolonged inflammation of the mucous membrane extending below from the vocal folds for up to several centimeters. (wordinfo.info)
  • When closed, the vocal folds may vibrate and modulate the expelled airflow from the lungs to produce speech and singing. (medscape.com)
  • The glottic airway is between the vocal folds. (medscape.com)
  • Just superior to the vocal folds are the false vocal folds. (medscape.com)
  • The laryngeal ventricles extend laterally and are located between the vestibular and vocal folds. (medscape.com)
  • The free lower inferior margin of this ligament is thickened to form the vestibular ligament, which forms the vestibular folds (false vocal cords) once covered by mucosa. (medscape.com)
  • The primary function of the vestibular folds is protection of the more delicate vocal folds that lie beneath. (medscape.com)
  • On either side of the middle laryngeal cavity, in between the vestibular and vocal folds, the mucosa bulges laterally to form troughs known as the laryngeal ventricles. (medscape.com)
  • The walls of these saccules are thought to contain many mucous glands that lubricate the vocal folds. (medscape.com)
  • The vocal folds also contain muscle fibers originating from the vocalis part of the thyroarytenoid muscle, which lies deep and inferior, parallel with the vocal ligament to which it is attached at the posterior end. (medscape.com)
  • The vocal folds differ in size and color between males and females. (medscape.com)
  • The vocal folds appear more pearly white in women than in men. (medscape.com)
  • The quadrangular membrane extends between the lateral aspects of the epiglottis and the anterolateral surface of the arytenoid cartilages on the each side. (medscape.com)
  • The conus elasticus extends superiorly from the anterior arch of the cricoid cartilage and attaches to the thyroid cartilage anteriorly and the vocal processes of the arytenoid cartilages posteriorly. (medscape.com)
  • The vocal cords are composed of mucous membrane infoldings that stretch horizontally across the middle laryngeal cavity. (medscape.com)
  • Vocal Behavior of Teachers Reading with Raised Voice in a Noisy Environment. (uniklinik-freiburg.de)
  • Miriam Havel, Johan Sundberg, Louisa Traser , Michael Burdumy, Matthias Echternach: Effects of Nasalization on Vocal Tract Response Curve, Journal of Voice, 2021, ISSN 0892-1997, doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2021.02.013 . (uniklinik-freiburg.de)
  • This narrative review describes the main applications of de la ultrasonografía en ultrasound in anesthesia, ultrasound-guided techniques, and current trends in the perioperative anesthetic management of anestesia the surgical patient. (bvsalud.org)