Several photographs of the larynx obtained with a videolaryngoscope: (A) preintubation view of an adult airway; (B) preintubation view of a pediatric airway; (C) endotracheal tube passing between the vocal cords; (D) view of the larynx and hypopharynx (note the horizontally oriented space below the laryngeal inlet, which is the esophagus).
Reproduced with permission from: Nagdev A. Airway, breathing, circulation: Normal airway. In: Greenberg's Text-Atlas of Emergency Medicine, Greenberg MI, Hendrickson RG, Silverberg M, et al (Eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2005. Copyright © 2005 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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