Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
true vocal cords Function:
noun plural : the lower pair of vocal cords each of which encloses a vocal ligament, extends from the inner surface of one side ofthe thyroid cartilage near the median line to a process of the corresponding arytenoid cartilage on the same side of the larynx, and when drawn taut, approximated to the contralateral member of thepair, and subjected to a flow of breath produces the voice called also
inferior vocal cords, vocal folds
