Figure 32 - Laryngeal abductor activity 4 weeks posttracheostomy.
From the following article
Anatomy and development and physiology of the larynx
Clarence T. Sasaki
GI Motility online (2006)
doi:10.1038/gimo7
a: Tracheostome open. b: Tracheostome partially closed. i, Posterior cricoarytenoid EMG; ii, intratracheal pressure. No abductor activity could be elicited by increasing ventilatory resistance. (Source: Sasaki45 with permission from Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.)
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