Terminology Service for NFDI4Health
epiglottic vallecula
Go to external page
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0013165
A depression in front of the epiglottis, in which food is temporarily gathered as the animal chews. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiglottic_vallecula https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0073040584 ]
Term info
Label
epiglottic vallecula
Synonyms
- vallecula epiglottica
- vallecula of epiglottis
external definition
Region of surface of viscerocranial mucosa, which is a depression located between the median and lateral glosso-epiglottic folds. Examples: There are only two instances, right and left epiglottic valleculas[FMA:55037].
has broad synonym
vallecula
has obo namespace
uberon
id
UBERON:0013165