Diseases of the nose and throat; a text-book for students and practitioners . posterior wall of the pharynx. Besides its aid todeglutition, it has an influence upon the quality of the voice, ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LARYNX. 323 giving to it much of that character (timbre) which serves todistinguish one voice from another; besides, its flexibility andcontrol render vocalizing easier or more difficult (see Physi-ology of the Epiglottis, by the author, Trans. Amer. , 1890). According to Michelson, this cartilage has on its posterior face. For a long time it has
Diseases of the nose and throat; a text-book for students and practitioners . posterior wall of the pharynx. Besides its aid todeglutition, it has an influence upon the quality of the voice, ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LARYNX. 323 giving to it much of that character (timbre) which serves todistinguish one voice from another; besides, its flexibility andcontrol render vocalizing easier or more difficult (see Physi-ology of the Epiglottis, by the author, Trans. Amer. , 1890). According to Michelson, this cartilage has on its posterior face. For a long time it has beenknown that taste-bulbs were so situated, but it has been butrecently proved experimentally. The thyroid (shield-shaped) cartilage is the largest in thelaryngeal frame-work. It is composed of two lateral plates,which are united, at an acute angle, by an intermediate pieceof fibro-cartilage, forming the promontory known as Adamsapple (pomum Adami). At the anterior upper edge of the Hyoid bone Eight thy-roid plate Arytenoidcartilage Cricoid cartilage Crico-thy-roid joint.
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