Definition of Rima respiratoria

1. Noun. The opening between the false vocal folds.

Exact synonyms: False Glottis, Glottis Spuria, Rima Vestibuli
Generic synonyms: Rima

Medical Definition of Rima respiratoria

1. The interval between the false vocal cords or vestibular folds. Synonym: false glottis, glottis spuria, rima respiratoria. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rima Respiratoria

rills
riluzole
rim-jobs
rim blight
rim job
rim lock
rim shot
rim shots
rima
rima glottidis
rima oris
rima palpebrarum
rima respiratoria (current term)
rima vestibuli
rima vocalis
rimae
rimantadine
rimantidine
rimau dahan
rimbase
rimbases
rime
rime riche
rimed
rimeless
rimer

Literary usage of Rima respiratoria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1893)
"Hence a distinction has been drawn between the rima vocalis, ie, the opening bounded laterally by the vocal cords, and the rima respiratoria, ..."

2. A Text-book of physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"Hence a distinction has been drawn between the rima vocalis, ie, the opening bounded laterally by the vocal cords, and the rima respiratoria, ..."

3. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1883)
"... illustrate the changes in position of the arytenoid cartilages, and the form of the rima vocalis and rima respiratoria in the above three conditions. ..."

4. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"... is sometimes called the " rima vocalis," and the hind part, about 8 mm. long, the "rima respiratoria;" but these names are not free from objection, ..."

5. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"... is sometimes called the " rima vocalis," and the hind part, about 8 mm. long, the " rima respiratoria;" but these names are not free from objection, ..."

6. A Textbook of Human Physiology: Including a Section on Physiologic Apparatus. by Albert Philson Brubaker (1922)
"... the glottis between the vocal processes, the rima respiratoria, and so direct the expiratory blast of air toward and through the rima vocalis. FIG. 284. ..."

7. An American Text-book of Physiology by William Henry Howell (1900)
"... the space between the cords themselves is sometimes called the rima vocalis and that between the vocal processes the rima respiratoria. ..."

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