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  2. Pyriform sinus - Wikipedia

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    The pyriform sinus (also piriform recess, piriform sinus, piriform fossa, or smuggler's fossa) is a small recess on either side of the laryngeal inlet. It is bounded medially by the aryepiglottic fold, and laterally by the thyroid cartilage and thyrohyoid membrane. [1] The fossae are involved in speech.

  3. Piriform aperture - Wikipedia

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    The piriform aperture, pyriform aperture, or anterior nasal aperture is a pear-shaped opening in the human skull.Its long axis is vertical, and narrow end upward; in the recent state it is much contracted by the lateral nasal cartilage and the greater and lesser alar cartilages of the nose.

  4. Pharynx - Wikipedia

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    2 Function. 3 Clinical ... The pharynx (pl.: pharynges) is the part of the throat behind the mouth and nasal cavity, ... the pyriform sinus, postcricoid area, ...

  5. List of instruments used in otorhinolaryngology, head and ...

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    •Thudichum's nasal speculum-do-; short blades ( uses: anterior rhinoscopy - to see the Little's area, ant-inferior part of nasal septum, anterior part of inferior and middle turbinate and meatus, as well as any pathological lesion in the area; also used in certain nasal operations ) •St. Clair Thompson's long bladed nasal speculum

  6. Laryngeal ventricle - Wikipedia

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    The laryngeal ventricle, (also called the ventricle of the larynx, laryngeal sinus, or Morgagni's sinus) [1] is a fusiform fossa, situated between the vestibular and vocal folds on either side, and extending nearly their entire length. There is also a sinus of Morgagni in the pharynx.

  7. Retropharyngeal space - Wikipedia

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    Superiorly, the retropharyngeal space terminates at the base of the skull (more specifically, at the clivus [2]). [1] [5] Inferiorly, the true RPS terminates at a variable level along the upper thoracic spine with the fusion of alar fascia and visceral fascia; [1] sources either give the inferior termination of the true RPS as occurring at approximately the vertebral level of T4 [2] or at a ...

  8. Vocal resonation - Wikipedia

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    Among them are the collar of the larynx, the ventricles of Morgagni, the vallecula, and the pyriform sinuses. The larynx is not under conscious control, but whatever produces "ring" can be encouraged indirectly by awareness on the part of the student and the teacher of the sounds which contain it.

  9. Acute infectious thyroiditis - Wikipedia

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    The most common cause of infection in children is a congenital abnormality such as pyriform sinus fistula. [5] In most cases, the infection originates in the piriform sinus and spreads to the thyroid via the fistula. [7] In many reported cases of AIT the infection occurs following an upper respiratory tract infection.