vestibular/ventricular fold (false vocal cord, ventricular band of larynx)

Introduction

One of a pair of mucous membrane overlying the vestibular ligament.

• stretch across the laryngeal cavity from the angle of the thyroid cartilage to the arytenoid cartilage
• the right & left pair enclose the rima vestibuli that form the superior boundary of the laryngeal ventricle

Play little or no part in voice production but are protective in function.

More general terms

• respiratory system structure

Additional terms

• vocal cord/fold/shelf (Ferrein cords, true vocal cord)

Component of

• larynx