MEDIVEERSETHE PRACTICAL HUB
Locate vocal folds on this anatomical reference. Read the original plate labels to confirm the view and adjacent structures.
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vocal cords: labelled anatomical figure. Original source colours and labels retained.
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True vocal folds
Understand what you see.
Vibrate in phonation and participate in airway closure.
Zoom into the original labels. Practise pointing out each structure, then explain it aloud. Diagrams are teaching references; specimen appearance and slide staining vary.
How to recognise it.
- Paired folds projecting into laryngeal cavity
- Contain vocal ligament and vocalis region
- Border the rima glottidis
Point them out.
Tap a number to open its reference, zoom in and locate the structure. Numbers stay the same across views. This key follows landmarks visible in the reference images.
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Say your answer aloud before opening the suggested response.
Examiner-style prompts: identify the structure, explain its relations, then answer the applied follow-up. These are revision questions, not authenticated past papers.
01Identify true vocal folds and give its main role.+
Paired folds projecting into laryngeal cavity. Contain vocal ligament and vocalis region. Border the rima glottidis. Vibrate in phonation and participate in airway closure.
02Differentiate true and vestibular folds.+
True folds are inferior and contain the vocal ligament. Vestibular folds are superior and have a different supporting and protective role.
03Which nerve supplies sensation below the folds?+
Recurrent laryngeal nerve via its inferior laryngeal continuation; sensation above is chiefly internal laryngeal.
04Point out three important relations and explain their significance.+
Anterior: thyroid attachment; Posterior: arytenoid vocal process; Free edge: vocal ligament. Vibrate in phonation and participate in airway closure. Use the reference plate to locate the region; the relationship map organises the associations and is not drawn to scale.
Read the references.
Credited anatomical plates, microscopy and university teaching references. Individual image credits appear below the viewer. Historical plates can use older terminology; use the lesson text for current names.