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Larynx - Anatomy & Physiology (view source)
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*Completes the muscular sphincter arrangment
*Completes the muscular sphincter arrangment
*Spans the arytenoid cartilages
*Spans the arytenoid cartilages
==Laryngeal Pharynx==
*Largest part of the pharynx
*Wide rostrally
*Narrows caudally
*Joins [[Oesophagus - Anatomy & Physiology|oesophagus]] at mucosal folds (clearest in the canine, but in other species it is harder to see the demarcation)
*Lumen closed at rest by the roof and walls falling towards the floor
*The floor of the laryngeal pharynx contains the opening into the larynx- [[Epiglottis|epiglottis]], arytenoid cartilages and the aryepiglottic folds
==Function==
==Function==