Infraglottic cavity

Cavitas infraglottica

Definition

The portion fo the laryngeal cavity below the vocal folds (the infraglottic cavity) is at first of an elliptical form, but lower down it widens out, assumes a circular form, and is continuous with the tube of the trachea.

This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).

Comparative anatomy in animals

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