See Also: plexus submucosus(medicine)
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stalk of epiglottis (medicine) and plexus submucosus (medicine)


stalk of epiglottis (medicine)


stalk of epiglottis


The lower end or pedicle of the cartilage of the epiglottis, attached to the superior notch of the thyroid cartilage.

Synonym: petiolus epiglottidis.


plexus submucosus (medicine)


plexus submucosus -->
submucosal plexus


A gangliated plexus of unmyelinated nerve fibres, derived chiefly from the superior mesenteric plexus, ramifying in the intestinal submucosa.

Synonym: plexus submucosus, Meissner's plexus, Remak's plexus.