Infraglottic cavity

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Infraglottic cavity
Cut through the larynx of a horse

1 hyoid bone
2 epiglottis
3 vestibular fold
4 vocal fold
5 Ventricularis muscle
6 ventricle of larynx
7 Vocalis muscle
8 thyroid cartilage lamina
9 Cricoid cartilage
10 infraglottic cavity
11 first bronchial tube cartilage
12 bronchial tube
Latin cavitas infraglottica

The infraglottic cavity is the portion of the larynx below the ventricles of the larynx and rima glottidis.

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