Author/Editor		Štiblar-Martinčič, Draga
Title		Histology of laryngeal mucosa
Type		članek
Source		Acta Otolaryngol Suppl (Stockh)
Vol. and No.		, št. Suppl 527
Publication year		1997
Volume		str. 138-41
Language		eng
Abstract		The larynx is a complex tubular segment of the respiratory system formed by irregularly shaped plates of hyaline and elastic cartilage. The mucosa form two pairs of folds, false and true vocal cords, which extend into the lumen of the larynx. The laryngeal epithelium corresponding to the mechanically exposed areas consists of stratified squamous nonkreatinized epithelium. Suprabasally in this epithelium, dendritic antigen-presenting Langerhans cells (LCs) can be nonkeratinized epithelium. Suprabasally in this epithelium, dendirtic antigen-presenting Langerhans cells (LCs) can be found. In the rest of the larynx, the epithelium is ciliated columnar pseudostratified with a rich population of goblet cells. Except in the true vocal cords, lamina propria consists of rather loose connective tissue and contains groups of small, branched tubuloalveolar glands.
Descriptors		LARYNGEAL MUCOSA LANGERHANS CELLS