Definition : An irregularly shaped, musculocartilaginous tubular structure, lined with mucous membrane,
located at the top of the trachea and below the root of the tongue and the hyoid bone.
It is the essential sphincter guarding the entrance into the trachea and functioning
secondarily as the organ of voice. [MeSH];
An irregularly shaped, musculocartilaginous tubular structure, lined with mucous membrane,
located at the top of the trachea and below the root of the tongue and the hyoid bone.
It is the essential sphincter guarding the entrance into the trachea and functioning
secondarily as the organ of voice. [MeSH]