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rima glottidis

(glŏt'ĭ-dĭs)
n.

The narrow opening between the vocal cords.

 
 
WordNet: rima glottidis
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the space between the two true vocal folds
  Synonyms: rima vocalis, true glottis, glottis vera


 
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Rima glottidis
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Muscles of the larynx, seen from above
Gray's subject #235 1080
Dorlands/Elsevier r_14/12711745

The rima glottidis is the opening between the true vocal cords and the arytenoid cartilages.

It is normally subdivided into two parts, that between the arytenoid cartilages is called the intercartilaginous part (or the intercartilaginous glottis, respiratory glottis, or interarytenoid space), and that between the vocal folds the intermembranous part or glottis vocalis.

It is closed by the arytenoid muscle.

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