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.
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Vocal fold atrophy was found in 67 % of the men and 26 % of the women, inferred from either bowing of the edges of the vocal folds, visibility of the ventricle, or prominence of the contour of the vocal processes of the arytenoid cartilages.
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I'm looking for a few good pictures of the Trachea and the parts that are on the trachea that is related to phonation, like where the vocal folds are, arytenoid cartilages are show, the hyoid bone and it's features, things of that sort.
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But, owing to the connection of the deeper portion with the vocal fold, this part, if acting separately, is supposed to modify its elasticity and tension, while the lateral portion rotates the arytenoid cartilage inward, and thus narrows the rima glottidis by bringing the two vocal folds together.
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Animals with this condition have historically tended to come to veterinary attention when they develop difficulties related to opening and closing the arytenoid cartilages of the larynx in the throat of the animal, causing difficulty with breathing and swallowing, and was therefore for many years the condition was believed to be a idiopathic form of laryngeal paralysis, meaning " of unknown cause ".
