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Respiratory System > Larynx > Glottis > Vocal Cords

Preferred term

Vocal Cords  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Folds, Vocal
  • Fold, Vocal
  • Vocal Fold
  • Vocal Folds

Note

  • inflammation = LARYNGITIS

Scope note

  • A pair of cone-shaped elastic mucous membrane projecting from the laryngeal wall and forming a narrow slit between them. Each contains a thickened free edge (vocal ligament) extending from the THYROID CARTILAGE to the ARYTENOID CARTILAGE, and a VOCAL MUSCLE that shortens or relaxes the vocal cord to control sound production.

In other languages

  • äänihuulet

    Finnish

  • ligamentum vocale
  • plica vocalis
  • äänihuuli
  • äänijänne
  • äänijänteet
  • Stämband

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014827

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