See Also: chorda vocalis(medicine)
vocalis(medicine)
rima vocalis(medicine)
plica vocalis(medicine)
musculus vocalis(medicine)
glottis vocalis(medicine)
processus vocalis cartilaginis arytenoidei(medicine)
Chorda(medicine)
chorda(dictionary)
chorda umbilicalis(medicine)

conquistador (oh) and chorda vocalis (medicine)


conquistador (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Spanish; Origin: Latin conquirere; CONQUER]
one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 18th century

chorda vocalis (medicine)


chorda vocalis -->
vocal fold


One of Ferrein's cords; the sharp edge of a fold of mucous membrane overlying the vocal ligament and stretching along either wall of the larynx from the angle between the laminae of the thyroid cartilage to the vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage; the vocal folds are the agents concerned in voice production.

Synonym: plica vocalis, chorda vocalis, labium vocale, true vocal cord, vocal cord, vocal shelf.