false vocal cord

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Noun

false vocal cord - either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalizationfalse vocal fold, superior vocal cord, ventricular fold, vestibular foldplica vocalis, vocal band, vocal cord, vocal fold - either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx

false vocal cord

ves·tib·u·lar fold

[TA] one of the pair of folds of mucous membrane overlying the vestibular ligaments that stretch across the laryngeal cavity from the angle of the thyroid cartilage to the arytenoid cartilage; the right and left pair enclose a space called the rima vestibuli or false glottis, and form the superior boundary of the laryngeal ventricle. Synonym(s): plica vestibularis [TA], false vocal cord, plica ventricularis, ventricular band of larynx, ventricular fold

ves·tib·u·lar fold

(ves-tib'yū-lăr fōld) [TA] One of the pair of folds of mucous membrane stretching across the laryngeal cavity from the angle of the thyroid cartilage to the arytenoid cartilage; they enclose a space called the rima vestibuli or false glottis.
Synonym(s): plica vestibularis [TA] , false vocal cord, ventricular band of larynx, ventricular fold.

VOCAL CORDS: Vocal cords (closed, seen endoscopically)

VOCAL CORDS: Vocal cords (open, seen endoscopically)

VOCAL CORDS

vocal cord

Either of two thin, reedlike folds of tissue within the larynx that vibrate as air passes between them, producing sounds that are the basis of speech.

false vocal cord

Ventricular fold of the larynx.

true vocal cord

Vocal fold. See: illustration

false vocal cord

false vocal cord

ves·tib·u·lar fold

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vocal cord

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Synonyms for false vocal cord

noun either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization

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