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aryepiglottic fold
- Term ID
- UBERON:0014385
- Synonyms
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- aryepiglottic folds
- aryepiglottic sphincter
- aryepiglottis
- plica aryepiglottica
- Definition
- The entrance of the larynx is a triangular opening, narrow in front, wide behind, and sloping obliquely downward and backward. It is bounded, in front, by the epiglottis; behind, by the apices of the arytenoid cartilages, the corniculate cartilages, and the interarytenoid notch; and on either side, by a fold of mucous membrane, enclosing ligamentous and muscular fibers, stretched between the side of the epiglottis and the apex of the arytenoid cartilage; this is the aryepiglottic fold, on the posterior part of the margin of which the cuneiform cartilage forms a more or less distinct whitish prominence, the cuneiform tubercle. These folds form the upper borders of the quadrangular membrane. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryepiglottic_fold
- References
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- Aryepiglottic:fold
- NCIT:C32147
- UMLS:C1510944
- http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1510944
- http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/245503009
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