Aryepiglottic fold: Normal topography and clinical implications

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 223-235

  Reidenbach, Martina Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arytenoid cartilage; Deglutition; Human larynx; Inspiraton; Laryngomalacia; Stridor

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; EPIGLOTTIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNGOMALACIA; LARYNX CARTILAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIDOR; SWALLOWING; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARYTENOID CARTILAGE; CADAVER; DEGLUTITION; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0031746040     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2353(1998)11:4<223::AID-CA1>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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