Q. Regarding the glottis: (Solved)
1. when laryngeal adductors are paralysed there is inspiratory stridor
2. abductors contract early in inspiration
3. when abductors are paralysed, aspiration pneumonia may result
4. the adductors are supplied by the vagus nerves, the abduction by the hypoglossal nerve
5. in animals with bilateral cervical vagotomy, pulmonary oedema is purely secondary to aspiration
- b. abductors contract early in inspiration