Rima vestibuli

Rima vestibuli
Coronal section of larynx and upper part of trachea. (Rima vestibuli visible but not labeled.)
The entrance to the larynx.
Identifiers
Dorlands /Elsevier	12711780
TA	A06.2.09.009
FMA	55473
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The rima vestibuli is a space in the laryngeal cavity.

It is to the vestibular ligaments (vestibular folds once covered with mucous membrane) what the rima glottidis is to the vocal ligaments (vocal folds once covered with mucous membrane) - the space formed when the folds are separated. It can be defined as the space in between the false vocal cords.

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http://www.schmehr.de/jpg/larynxetagen.jpg

Anatomy of the larynx

Cartilage	major/unpaired: Epiglottis Vallecula Thyroid Adam's apple Cricoid minor/paired: Arytenoid Vocal process Muscular process Corniculate Cuneiform

Ligaments/folds	extrinsic ligaments: Hyoepiglottic ligament Thyrohyoid membrane Lateral ligament Median ligament Thyroepiglottic ligament Cricotracheal ligament intrinsic ligaments, upper: Quadrangular membrane Aryepiglottic Vestibular ligament/Vestibular fold intrinsic ligaments, lower: Cricothyroid ligament Median Lateral/Conus elasticus Vocal ligament/Vocal folds

Laryngeal cavity	Laryngeal inlet Vestibule Rima vestibuli Ventricle Rima glottidis/Glottis Infraglottic cavity

Other	Muscles of larynx Cricothyroid articulation Cricoarytenoid articulation

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Rima vestibuli

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