Ossification within the primate larynx.
Ossification of the laryngeal cartilages is a random occurrence possibly related to age and sex. A wide variety of primate larynges have been examined radiologically, by macroscopic section or after whole organ serial section with the aim of determining presence of ossification. The results of this investigation will be presented in an attempt to establish possible correlation between structure, function and degree of ossification within each specific larynx. This is a unique enquiry which may assist in the understanding of ossification within the human larynx.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007817:Laryngeal Cartilages / Q000502:physiology*; D007830:Larynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010012:Osteogenesis; D011323:Primates / Q000502:physiology*; D011859:Radiography