Some aspects of morphological and physiological development of the fetal larynx are presented. Histochemical confirmation and determinations of fetal glandular activity are needed. Anomalous development of the larynx is still conjecture, but congenital cytsic formation with glandular development appears possible after the fifth month of human fetal life.
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