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Definition of Rima vocalis

1. Noun. The space between the two true vocal folds.

Medical Definition of Rima vocalis

1. The interval between the true vocal cords. Synonym: glottis vera, rima vocalis, true glottis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rima Vocalis

Literary usage of Rima vocalis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1902)
"... to which have been given the physiological names of Eima respiratoria and Rima vocalis. It would be more strictly anatomical to describe them as Rima ..."

2. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1893)
"Hence a distinction has been drawn between the rima vocalis, ie, the opening bounded laterally by the vocal cords, and the rima respiratoria, ..."

3. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1883)
"The corresponding diagrammatic figures A', B', C', illustrate the changes in position of the arytenoid cartilages, and the form of the rima vocalis and rima ..."

4. A Textbook of Human Physiology: Including a Section on Physiologic Apparatus. by Albert Philson Brubaker (1922)
"... the rima vocalis, reduced to a mere slit, one of the conditions essential to phonation (Fig. 285). The arytenoid muscle consists (i) of transversely ..."

5. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"The front part about la mm. long in the adult human male, is sometimes called the " rima vocalis," and the hind part, about 8 mm. long, ..."

6. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1894)
"The corresponding diagrammatic figures A', B', (", illustrate the changes in position of the arytenoid cartilages, and the form of the rima vocalis and rima ..."

7. A Text-book of physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"Hence a distinction has been drawn between the rima vocalis, ie, the opening bounded laterally by the vocal cords, and the rima respiratoria, ..."

8. An American Text-book of Physiology by William Henry Howell (1900)
"... the space between the cords themselves is sometimes called the rima vocalis and that between the vocal processes the rima respiratoria. ..."

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