vestibular fold

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Related to vestibular fold: ventricular fold, vocal fold

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vestibular fold - either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization

false vocal cord, false vocal fold, superior vocal cord, ventricular fold

plica vocalis, vocal band, vocal cord, vocal fold - either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx

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SUMMARY: A morphological and histochemical study of the human vestibular fold was carried out using routine histological techniques.

The analysis of the vestibular fold tissue revealed three distinct muscle bundles: a posterolateral layer, a thin anterolateral muscle and an anteromedial muscle bundle.

Morphological and histochemical analysis of the human vestibular fold/ Analisis morfologico e histoquimico del pliegue vestibular humano

5 children had edema of interarytenoid space, 3 children--edema of arytenoid cartilage, and 6 children had disseminated edema of vestibular folds. Nodules of true vocal folds, localized mainly in the middle third of the vocal folds (so-called vibrating center), were detected in 13 (6.1%) patients.

Status of larynx in children with congenital cleft of upper lip and palate

Direct laryngoscopy detected scarified lesions and edema of the vestibular folds. Burst therapy was started with cyclosporine, which led to an apparent remission of the disease activity.