Preferred Label : aryepiglottic fold;
Uberon definition : The entrance of the larynx is a triangular opening, narrow in front, wide behind,
and sloping obliquely downward and backward. It is bounded, in front, by the epiglottis;
behind, by the apices of the arytenoid cartilages, the corniculate cartilages, and
the interarytenoid notch; and on either side, by a fold of mucous membrane, enclosing
ligamentous and muscular fibers, stretched between the side of the epiglottis and
the apex of the arytenoid cartilage; this is the aryepiglottic fold, on the posterior
part of the margin of which the cuneiform cartilage forms a more or less distinct
whitish prominence, the cuneiform tubercle. These folds form the upper borders of
the quadrangular membrane.;
Uberon synonym : ary-epiglottic fold;
Uberon related term : aryepiglottic sphincter; aryepiglottic folds; aryepiglottis;
Origin ID : 0014385;
UMLS CUI : C1510944;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Uberon cross reference
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The entrance of the larynx is a triangular opening, narrow in front, wide behind,
and sloping obliquely downward and backward. It is bounded, in front, by the epiglottis;
behind, by the apices of the arytenoid cartilages, the corniculate cartilages, and
the interarytenoid notch; and on either side, by a fold of mucous membrane, enclosing
ligamentous and muscular fibers, stretched between the side of the epiglottis and
the apex of the arytenoid cartilage; this is the aryepiglottic fold, on the posterior
part of the margin of which the cuneiform cartilage forms a more or less distinct
whitish prominence, the cuneiform tubercle. These folds form the upper borders of
the quadrangular membrane.
