Vocal Cords. Vocal Folds . Vocal Ligament . Cord, Vocal . Cords, Vocal . Fold, Vocal . Folds, Vocal . Ligament, Vocal . Ligaments, Vocal . Vocal Cord . Vocal Ligaments . Vocal Fold . A pair of cone-shaped elastic mucous membrane projecting from the laryngeal wall and forming a narrow slit between them. Each contains a thickened free edge (vocal ligament) extending from the THYROID CARTILAGE to the ARYTENOID CARTILAGE, and a VOCAL MUSCLE that shortens or relaxes the vocal cord to control sound production. . 1.00
Ligaments. Ligament . Shiny, flexible bands of fibrous tissue connecting together articular extremities of bones. They are pliant, tough, and inextensile. . 0.70
Occupations. Occupation . Vocation . Professions . Vocations . Crafts, trades, professions, or other means of earning a living. . 0.56
Collateral Ligaments. Collateral Ligament . Lateral Ligament . Ligament, Collateral . Ligament, Lateral . Lateral Ligaments . Ligaments, Collateral . Ligaments, Lateral . A number of ligaments on either side of, and serving as a radius of movement of, a joint having a hingelike movement. They occur at the elbow, knee, wrist, metacarpo- and metatarsophalangeal, proximal interphalangeal, and distal interphalangeal joints of the hands and feet. (Stedman, 25th ed) . 0.52