Lectures on the science of language: First and second series . larynx {fissura laryngea pharyngis). The epiglottisis a leaf-shaped elastic cartilage, attached by its nar 124 ORGANS OF SPEECH. rower end to the thyroid cartilage, and possessing amidrib overhanging and corresponding to the jfissureof the glottis. The broader end of the leaf pointsfreely upwards toward the tongue, in which direc-tion the entire cartilage presents a concave, as to-wards the larynx a convex, outline. In swallowing,the epiglottis falls over the larynx, like a saddle onthe back of a horse. In the formation of certainl
Lectures on the science of language: First and second series . larynx {fissura laryngea pharyngis). The epiglottisis a leaf-shaped elastic cartilage, attached by its nar 124 ORGANS OF SPEECH. rower end to the thyroid cartilage, and possessing amidrib overhanging and corresponding to the jfissureof the glottis. The broader end of the leaf pointsfreely upwards toward the tongue, in which direc-tion the entire cartilage presents a concave, as to-wards the larynx a convex, outline. In swallowing,the epiglottis falls over the larynx, like a saddle onthe back of a horse. In the formation of certainletters a horizontal narrow fissure may be producedby depressing the epiglottis over the vertical falseand true vocal chords. Within the larynx (4, 5), rather above its between the thyroid and arytenoid cartilages, are twoelastic ligaments, like the parchment of a drum split ORGANS OF SPEECH. 125 in the middle, and forming an aperture which iscalled the interior or true g-lottis, and corresponds indirection with the exterior glottis. This aperture isprovided with muscles, which enlarge and contract Fiir. 5. Arytenoid cart
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