epiglottic cartilage
In 2 atlases
Definition
The most superior of the laryngeal cartilages, which is found at the root of the tongue and folds back over the entrance to the larynx during swallowing.
Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0
Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Neighbouring structures
Identifiers
- TA2
- 965
- TA98
- A06.2.07.002
- FMA
- 55112
- UBERON
- 0001742
- Wikidata
- Q66544832