A text-book on diseases of the ear, nose and throat . Side view of tii^ ...i;. ..x, ^ilo\vi^g the left-ventricle of Morgagni, left epiglottic ligament,etc. (Browne.) 1, 2, left vocal band ; 3, elevationindicating the site of the left cartilage of Santo-xini; 4, 5, left ventricular band, false vocal band ; 5, 4, 2, 1, entrance to left ventricle of Morgagni; 6, elevation indicating the site of the left cartilageof Wrisberg; 7, aryteno-epiglottidean (arj^epiglot-tic) ligament; 8, arytenoid muscle. Fig. View of the larjTix; opened from behind.(Browne.) 1, 2, cricoid cartilage ; 3, 4, aryteno
A text-book on diseases of the ear, nose and throat . Side view of tii^ ...i;. ..x, ^ilo\vi^g the left-ventricle of Morgagni, left epiglottic ligament,etc. (Browne.) 1, 2, left vocal band ; 3, elevationindicating the site of the left cartilage of Santo-xini; 4, 5, left ventricular band, false vocal band ; 5, 4, 2, 1, entrance to left ventricle of Morgagni; 6, elevation indicating the site of the left cartilageof Wrisberg; 7, aryteno-epiglottidean (arj^epiglot-tic) ligament; 8, arytenoid muscle. Fig. View of the larjTix; opened from behind.(Browne.) 1, 2, cricoid cartilage ; 3, 4, arytenoidmuscle; 5, 6, vocal bands; 5, 7, 6, 8, entranceto the ventricles of Morgagni; 7, 8, ventricularbands, superior thyro-arytenoid ligaments; 9, 10,cartilages Santorini; 11,12, cartilages of Wris-berg ; 11, 12, 13, 14, aryteno-epiglottidean (ary-epiglottic) ligaments ; 15, epiglottis ; 16, trachea ;17, cushion of epiglottis; 18, 19, cuneiform car-tilages. and true cords. From their anterior part there is an upward prolonga-tion known as the sacculus laryngis, or pouch of the larynx. It runsup for about half an inch between the false cord and the thyroid car-tilage, being covered on its outer surface by the fibres of the thyro-ary-tenoid muscle. Each pouch is abundantly supplied with glands andnerve-twigs from the superior laryngeal. The arrangement of the mus- 584 DISEASES OF THE LARYNX. cular fibres about the poucli is such that their contraction easily serves toempty it. The laryngeal mucosa i
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