Elementary anatomy and physiology : for colleges, academies, and other schools . elementaryanato00hitc Year: 1869 AND PHYSIOLOGY. 261 the trachea, being of a little longer diameter than the trachea. The Epiglottis is the most movable of all the vocal 253. A Front View of the Cricoid Cartilage. 1, Its Internal Face. 2, The Cavity of the Larynx as formed by this Cartilage. 3, Its Inferior Surface. 4, The little Head or Convexity for Articulating with the Arytenoids. 5, The Surface of the Su- perior Edge for the Attachment of the Lateral Crico-AryU-noid Muscles. It in shape resem
Elementary anatomy and physiology : for colleges, academies, and other schools . elementaryanato00hitc Year: 1869 AND PHYSIOLOGY. 261 the trachea, being of a little longer diameter than the trachea. The Epiglottis is the most movable of all the vocal 253. A Front View of the Cricoid Cartilage. 1, Its Internal Face. 2, The Cavity of the Larynx as formed by this Cartilage. 3, Its Inferior Surface. 4, The little Head or Convexity for Articulating with the Arytenoids. 5, The Surface of the Su- perior Edge for the Attachment of the Lateral Crico-AryU-noid Muscles. It in shape resembles a cord- ate or heart-shaped leaf, at- tached by its apex to the up- per edge of the glottis, and has a wide range of motion, in order to completely close up the passage into the lungs, cr leave a free communica- tion between them and the air. It also aids in deaden- ing sounds, as it is suddenly brought down upon the glot- tis. All these cartilages very Fig. 259.
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