Rima glottidis

Last revised by Craig Hacking ◉ on 14 May 2024

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Citation:

Yu Y, Hacking C, Weerakkody Y, et al. Rima glottidis. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 20 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-166276

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-166276

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/166276

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166276

Article created:

9 Apr 2023, Yoshi Yu ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Yoshi Yu had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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Last revised:

14 May 2024, Craig Hacking ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Craig Hacking had the following disclosures:

Philips Australia, Paid speaker at Philips Spectral CT events (ongoing)

These were assessed during peer review and were determined to not be relevant to the changes that were made.

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Revisions:

10 times, by 4 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Head & Neck

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Anatomy

The rima glottidis is the V-shaped opening formed between the true vocal cords, which permits the passage of air through the larynx. Abduction or adduction of the vocal cords can open or close the rima glottidis. The rima glottidis constitutes part of the glottic region of the larynx.

It should not be confused with the rima vestibuli, which is the larger, more superior opening formed between the vestibular (false vocal) folds.