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Glottis

Medical Definition: The vocal apparatus of the larynx, consisting of the true vocal cords (plica vocalis) and the opening between them (rima glottidis).
Guide Notes: glottitis: coord NIM with LARYNGITIS (IM); stenosis = LARYNGOSTENOSIS
Glottis Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Vocal Cords - The folds of mucous membrane along either wall of the larynx from the angle between the laminae of the thyroid cartilage to the vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage.

Glottis Medical Definitions and Terms

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