Seeing the Forest Through the Wheeze: Laryngeal Involvement in ...
Seeing the Forest Through the Wheeze: Laryngeal Involvement in ...
Seeing the Forest Through the Wheeze: Laryngeal Involvement in ...
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Larynx<br />
• Upper rim of larynx formed by<br />
aryepiglottic folds<br />
– Fibrous membrane extend<strong>in</strong>g from epiglottis<br />
to arytenoid towers<br />
– Thus serves as lateral boundary of larynx<br />
– Epiglottic <strong>in</strong>version posteriorly/<strong>in</strong>feriorly over<br />
laryngeal vestibule results <strong>in</strong> separation of<br />
larynx from pharynx and serves as most<br />
superior level of airway protection