... organized deep inside the vocal fold. We found few elastic fibers but comparatively high proportions of hyaluronan. Similar organizational complexity is also seen in mammalian vocal folds and the labia of the avian syrinx: convergent morphologies that suggest analogous mechanisms for sound production...

... of the vocal fold and different staining techniques identified collagen, elastin, hyaluronan and, surprisingly, fat cells as components of the lamina propria . The distribution of all four components is not uniform, suggesting that different aspects of the lamina propria are drawn into oscillation depending...

...Tore Seternes; Inger Øynebråten; Karen Sørensen; Bård Smedsrød ABSTRACT The catabolic fate of circulating hyaluronan and the proteoglycan chondroitin sulphate (CSPG) was studied in the Atlantic cod ( Gadus morhua L.). Distribution studies using radio-iodinated ligand demonstrated that CSPG...