What's the difference between glottis and larypgismus?
Glottis
Definition:
(n.) The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See Larynx.
Example Sentences:
(1) Furthermore, an association of tiapride-corticoids was effective in treating post-anaesthetic spasm of the glottis.
(2) The values of dysphonic patients with incomplete closure of the glottis are significantly different from the other two groups.
(3) This reinforces our initial findings that it is indeed feasible to pace vocal cord abduction in bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis with resultant return of physiologic normality to the glottis.
(4) Subglottic stenosis is a disorder characterized by narrowing of the airway below the glottis or apposing edges of the true vocal cords.
(5) It was concluded that incomplete glottal closure of the posterior parts of glottis should be regarded as normal primarily in women and that loudness should be taken into consideration when studying glottal closure and breathiness.
(6) With this procedure, the new glottis is pressed strongly to the tongue base during swallowing and aspiration is avoided.
(7) Nervous outflow to the muscles of the glottis, diaphragm, abdominal wall, tail and rear legs changed as would be expected from both the postural changes and the increases in intratracheal and intra-abdominal pressure.
(8) In the last five years of the period, the 5-year local control rate for stage I and II carcinoma of the glottis, excluding verrucous-like carcinoma, reached 90% with 10 MV X-rays combined with 60Co gamma-rays.
(9) The posterior glottis is an area of the larynx previously referred to by the terms 'posterior commissure' and 'interarytenoid'; these are poorly defined and a new definition of this unique area of the larynx is provided.
(10) The smallest laser bronchoscope is usually too large to pass through the glottis.
(11) The results indicate a firm and relatively long closure of the glottis during overtone phonation.
(12) Larynx resistance changes have been studied in the dog by means of in situ isolated glottis technique.
(13) One hundred ninety patients with T2 and 70 patients with T3 carcinoma of the glottis were treated by definitive radiation therapy at the Massachusetts General Hospital from 1952 to 1978; the results were analyzed.
(14) This article examines benign lesions of the glottis and adjacent structures commonly encountered in clinical practice.
(15) To determine the role a competent glottis played in improving gas exchange, we anesthetized seven rabbits and inserted central venous and carotid artery catheters.
(16) The reflex effect elicited by mechanical stimulation of the glottis has been studied in dogs.
(17) The glottis was closely observed and photographed from above and below in three conditions: neutral, adduction, and abduction.
(18) The posterior glottis acts as a "weir" between the pharynx and larynx and so is intimately involved with diseases as they affect one area to the other.
(19) The cancer spread may superiorly involve the epilarynx, the vallecula, the base of the tongue, and the pyriform fossa; however, inferiorly, the invasion of the glottis is quite exceptional (1 percent of cases); therefore, supraglottic laryngectomy is the operation of choice.
(20) 2) This difference was presumed to be due to (1) vocal cord phase differences in horizontal and vertical components, (2) the location of the light source and that of photosensor from the glottis, and (3) ULG beam width in relation to vertical movements of the vocal cords.
Larypgismus
Definition:
(n.) A spasmodic state of the glottis, giving rise to contraction or closure of the opening.