Definition of Glottis. Meaning of Glottis. Synonyms of Glottis

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Definition of Glottis

Glottis
Glottis Glot"tis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, from ?, ?, the tongue. See Gloss an explanatory remark.] (Anat.) The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See Larynx.

Meaning of Glottis from wikipedia

- The glottis (pl.: glottises or glottides) is the opening between the vocal folds (the rima glottidis). The glottis is crucial in producing sound from the...
- diaphragm together with the ribs and lungs (pulmonic mechanisms), the glottis (glottalic mechanisms), and the tongue (lingual or "velaric" mechanisms)...
- purposes of staging, the larynx is divided into three anatomical regions: the glottis (true vocal cords, anterior and posterior commissures); the supraglottis...
- (intermembranous part, or glottis vocalis), and the smaller posterior part between arytenoid cartilages (intercartilaginous part, glottis respiratoria, intercartilaginous...
- process, or voicing, occurs when air is expelled from the lungs through the glottis, creating a pressure drop across the larynx. When this drop becomes sufficiently...
- produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract or, more precisely, the glottis. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this...
- supraglottal cavity and the subglottal cavity. They are so-named because the glottis, the openable space between the vocal folds internal to the larynx, separates...
- as early as Aristotle, and gets its name from being above the glottis (epi- + glottis). The epiglottis sits at the entrance of the larynx. It is shaped...
- glottis as their primary articulation. Many phoneticians consider them, or at least the glottal fricative, to be transitional states of the glottis without...
- The vocal cords and the rima glottidis are together designated as the glottis. The laryngeal cavity above the vestibular folds is called the vestibule...