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Cartilages meaning
plural of cartilage
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In a few cases the hand or the forearm does not leave visible external marks, even though the cartilages of the larynx are fractured.
A third is to constrict the glottis, but separate the arytenoid cartilages that control one end.
The cartilages surrounding the larynx are apparently a remnant of the original gill arches in fish, and are a common feature, but not all are always present.
The eighth-to-tenth pairs of ribs connect to the sternum indirectly via the costal cartilages of the ribs above them.
The greatest degree of pharyngealisation is found in the strident vowels of the Khoisan languages, where the larynx is raised, and the pharynx constricted, so that either the epiglottis or the arytenoid cartilages vibrate instead of the vocal cords.
The lower tip of the heart, the apex, lies to the left of the sternum (8 to 9 cm from the midsternal line ) between the junction of the fourth and fifth ribs near their articulation with the costal cartilages.
The muscles attached to the arytenoid cartilages control the degree of opening.
They are attached at the back (side nearest the spinal cord) to the arytenoids cartilages, and at the front (side under the chin) to the thyroid cartilage.