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From: Ultrasound measurement of laryngeal structures in the parasagittal plane for the prediction of difficult laryngoscopies in Chinese adults

Fig. 1

The parasagittal ultrasound view of laryngeal structures. H: hyoid; TC: thyroid cartilage; E: epiglottis; A-M: junction of air and mucous membranes; SM: strap muscles; DSE: distance between skin and epiglottis; DST: distance between skin and thyroid cartilage; DTE: distance between thyroid cartilage and epiglottis; PES: pre-epiglottis space

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