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cuneiform cartilage
- Term ID
- UBERON:0011157
- Synonyms
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- cartilagines cuneiformes
- cartilago apicalis intermedia
- cartilago apicalis seu cartilago Santoriniana
- Wrisbergi cartilage
- Definition
- The cuneiform cartilages of the larynx are two small, elongated pieces of yellow elastic cartilage, placed one on either side, in the aryepiglottic fold, where they give rise to small whitish elevations on the surface of the mucous membrane, just in front of the arytenoid cartilages. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform_cartilages
- References
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- AAO:0000690
- Cuneiform:cartilages
- NCIT:C32417
- http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/264456009
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