Epigastric cartilage. Structure, cartilage functions
The epiglottis cartilago epiglottica is an unpaired, elastic cartilage protruding above the upper incision of the thyroid cartilage behind and down from the root of the tongue . In form, it approaches the oval. Its narrowed lower part is the stem of the epiglottis, the petiolus epiglottidis. The elevation, occupying the middle part of the stalk of the epiglottis, is called the epiglottum tuberculum, tuberculum epiglotticum. On the back, slightly concave surface of the epiglottis has small depressions - the location of the mucous glands.
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