glottis in English

noun
1
the part of the larynx consisting of the vocal cords and the slitlike opening between them. It affects voice modulation through expansion or contraction.
The extrinsic muscles of the larynx control the degree of tension on the vocal cords, and the intrinsic muscles regulate the glottis .

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1. A third is to Constrict the glottis, but separate the arytenoid cartilages that control one end

2. This difficult may be avoided by slightly Angulating the tip of the ETT so that it is directed in a better alignment toward the rima [Show full abstract] glottis

3. (a) After the epiglottis is identified by palpating it with the long finger of the left hand, the Bougie is threaded through the glottis and advanced into the trachea.

4. The present study has indicated that successful isolated reinnervation of the abductor musculature of the glottis is possible as well as surgical correction of airway-obstruction resultant from recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis.

5. Either of a pair of cartilages at the back of the larynx, used in the production of different kinds of voice quality (for example, creaky voice) ‘the Arytenoids obstructed the view of the glottis in seven patients’

6. Both a head on bed (neutral) position or endotracheal tube cuff inflation ( 15 mL of air) significantly increased the frequency of correct alignment of the tip of the endotracheal tube with the glottis.

7. OF “Breathier VOICE” Jia Tian1, Yipei Zhou2, Jianjing Kuang3 1 3University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A 2Peking University, China [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] ABSTRACT Breathier voices are non-modal voices produced with a relatively less constricted glottis

8. By activation of pull means (ring 17) the tube tip may be made to tilt in the curvature plane of the tube in order to be inserted into aditus laryngis under auscultatory-tactile control and further through glottis onwards to trachea upon gradually slackening the pull via the ring.

9. The main Articulators are the tongue, the upper lip, the lower lip, the upper teeth, the upper gum ridge (alveolar ridge), the hard palate, the velum (soft palate), the uvula (free-hanging end of the soft palate), the pharyngeal wall, and the glottis (space between the vocal cords). …