Clinical Anatomy of the European Hamster 
Figure 3-16 (above, left): Drawing of transverse section through larynx of female European hamster, 5 months 
old. a = vestibulum laryngis; b = cavum laryngis intermedium; c = cavum laryngis caudale; d = ventnculus laryngis 
lateralis; e = plica vocalis; f = cartilago arytaenoidea; g = cartilago cricoidea; h = cartilago epiglottica; i = cartilago 
thyroidea; j = pharynx; k = m. cricoarytaenoideus. 
(below, left): Schematic drawing of section through trachea at level of second tracheal ring in a female 
European hamster, 5 months old. a = cartilage of tracheal ring; b = m. transversus tracheae; c = lamina cricoidea; 
d = m. cricoarytaenoideus dorsalis; e = esophagus; f = giandula thyreoidea. 
Figure 3-17 (right): Isolated trachea with larynx and bifurcation, trachea longitudinally resected. Right, ventral 
aspect; left, internal surface. Cartilaginous rings clearly discernable through shiny epithelial layer of internal sur- 
face of trachea. 
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