preepiglottic space

preepiglottic space
a fat-filled laryngeal space bounded superiorly by the vallecula and hyoepiglottic ligament, posteriorly by the epiglottis and quadrangular membrane, and anteriorly by the thyrohyoid membrane and thyroid cartilage.

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