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From: Flexible fibreoptic intubation in swine – improvement for resident training and animal safety alike

Fig. 1

Porcine laryngeal anatomy in supine position before (a) and after mobilisation of the epiglottis (b). Before mobilisation, the epiglottis (red line) is fixated behind transitional tissue between the hard palate (black line) and the soft palate (*). After mobilisation, the epiglottis usually stays slightly ventrally dislodged and the larynx (green #) can easily be identified

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