. Anatomy, descriptive and surgical. ed betweenthe sides of the epiglottis and the apex of the arytenoid cartilages: these are the THE LARYNX. 923 aryteno-epiglottidean folds, on the margins of which the cuneiform cartilages forma more or less distinct whitish prominence. The cavity of the larynx extends from the aperture behind the epiglottis to thelower border of the cricoid cartilage. It is divided into two parts by the projectioninward of the true vocal chords and the Thyroarytenoid muscles; between the twochords is a long and narrow triangular fissure or chink, the glottis, or rima glotti
. Anatomy, descriptive and surgical. ed betweenthe sides of the epiglottis and the apex of the arytenoid cartilages: these are the THE LARYNX. 923 aryteno-epiglottidean folds, on the margins of which the cuneiform cartilages forma more or less distinct whitish prominence. The cavity of the larynx extends from the aperture behind the epiglottis to thelower border of the cricoid cartilage. It is divided into two parts by the projectioninward of the true vocal chords and the Thyroarytenoid muscles; between the twochords is a long and narrow triangular fissure or chink, the glottis, or rima portion of the cavity of the larynx above the glottis is broad and triangular inshape, and corresponds to the interval between the alse of the thyroid cartilage;the portion below the glottis is at first of an elliptical, and lower down of a cir-cular form. The rima glottidis is the narrow fissure or chink between the inferior or truevocal chords. It is the narrowest part of the cavity of the larynx, and corresponds Fig. [Fig. 610.
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