The first laryngeal cartilage encountered on a series of axial CT images of the neck, arranged in descending order, is the epiglottis.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

Rationale: See the subsection “Epiglottis” in the section “Larynx” and Figures 4-2 and 4-12.

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