PLICA VOCALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plica vocalis mean? 

• PLICA VOCALIS (noun)
  The noun PLICA VOCALIS has 1 sense:

1. either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx

  Familiarity information: PLICA VOCALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLICA VOCALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

plica vocalis; vocal band; vocal cord; vocal fold

Hypernyms ("plica vocalis" is a kind of...):

fold; plica (a folded part (as in skin or muscle))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plica vocalis"):

false vocal cord; false vocal fold; superior vocal cord; ventricular fold; vestibular fold (either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization)

inferior vocal cord; inferior vocal fold; true vocal cord; true vocal fold (either of the two lower vocal folds that come together to form the glottis; produce a vocal tone when they are approximated and air from the lungs passes between them)

Holonyms ("plica vocalis" is a part of...):

larynx; voice box (a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech)

 Context examples 

The vocal apparatus of the larynx, consisting of the true vocal cords (plica vocalis) and the opening between them (rima glottidis).

(Murine Glottis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)