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vocal fold |
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One of 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. |
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http://purl.org/sig/ont/fma/fma55457 |
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vocal folds |
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| definition |
One of 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. |
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vocal cord laryngeal vocal fold voice reed |
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vocal fold |
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vocal fold |
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| Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID |
A06.2.09.013 |
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