THE LARYNX. 



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IV. ORGANS OF RESPIRATION. 



A. THE LARYNX. 



THE greater portion of the laryngeal mucous membrane is cov- 

 ered by a stratified columnar ciliated epithelium containing goblet 

 cells, and resting on a thick basement membrane. The epithelium 

 covering the free margin of the epiglottis, the true vocal cords, and 



Glands in false 

 vocal cord. 



Stratified pavement ._ 

 epithelium of true \ 

 vocal cord. \ 



I 



Stratified ciliated col- 

 umnar epithelium. 



Glands. __ 



-Muscle. 



Muscle. 



Fig- 245. Vertical section through the mucous membrane of the human larynx ; X 5- 



