On diseases of the mucous membrane of the throat, and their treatment by topical medication / by William R. Wagstaff.

Date:
1851
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Credit: On diseases of the mucous membrane of the throat, and their treatment by topical medication / by William R. Wagstaff. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    trance of any foreign body, and the food passes over the epiglottis into the pharynx, and thence to the oesophagus. Immediately behind the tongue and the epiglottis is the first entrance to the larynx. This opening is of a triangular shape, with the base anteriorly, formed by the epiglottis. The sides are composed of folds of mucous membrane, termed arytaeno-epiglottidean, and the apex, which is posteriorly, is formed by the appendices of the arytsenoid cartilages. This entrance is always open, except in the act of deglutition. About three quarters of an inch below this, is the inferior opening of the larynx, named the glottis or I'ima glottidis; it is very narrow from side to side, and of a triangular figure ; the base is posteriorly, and is formed by the bases of the arytsenoid cartilages, and by the upper and posterior edge of the cricoid; the apex is anteriorly in the angle of the thyroid cartilage, and the chordae vocales form the sides. On the fore part of the base of each ary< taenoid cartilage is a sharp projection, from which arise the vocal ligaments or chords, they