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ELEMENTS OF HISTOLOGY. [Chap.xxvm. 



284. The mucous membrane is delicate connective 

 tissue with numerous lymph corpuscles. In the pos- 

 terior surface of the epiglottis, in the false vocal cord, 



Fig. 126. From a Longitudinal Section through the Ventricle 

 of the Larynx of a Child. 



a, True vocal cord ; 6, false vocal cord ; c, a nodule of elastic cartilage (cartilage 

 of Liiisrlika) ; d, ventricle; I, lymphatic tissue; m, bundles of the tliyro- 

 arytenoid muscle in transverse section. (Atlas.) 



and in the lower parts of the larynx, but especially in 

 the ventricle, this infiltration amounts to diffuse 

 adenoid tissue, and even to the localisation of this 

 as lymph follicles. In both surfaces of the epiglottis, 

 and in the true vocal cords, the mucosa extends into 

 the stratified pavement epithelium in the shape of 

 minute papillae. 



