Larynx is Open and Shut Positions

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Upper aperture of the larynx in the open (1) and shut (2) position. Labels: A, cushion of epiglottis; B, apices of arytenoids; C, arytenoepiglottidean folds; E, posterior aspect of cricoid; F, false vocal cords; G, rima glottidis,between true vocal cords; H, posterior border of thyroid cartilage; I, tip of great horn of hyoid.

Keywords

larynx, epiglottis, "vocal cord"

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Human Upper Respiratory System

Source

Treves, Frederick Surgical Applied Anatomy (New York, NY: Cassell and Company, LTD, 1922)

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