Based on: Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family by Nicholas Pileggi. Year published: 1986. The book is a nonfiction novel that chronicles the life of mobster turned FBI informant Henry Hill (who was played in the film by Ray Liotta). Pileggi also adapted the book into the screenplay.
An enlarged glottis may appear as a small lump/bump on the outside of the neck, which is often mistaken for hernia. This could be a medical emergency since a malfunctioned structure diverts the food into the trachea and cause choking. On a lateral C-spine X-ray, a thumb sign indicates an inflamed epiglottic mass.
The upper part of the interior of the larynx may be examined using various instruments, allowing us to obtain images such as the following. Viewed from above, with the vocal cords slightly apart, the upper part of the larynx appears like this: The space between the vocal cords is called the glottis. When the vocal cords vibrate, the resulting disturbance in the air imparts a buzzing quality to the speech, called voice or voicing . (Click on the above figure to see a short movie of the vocal cords during sustained production of an [É]-like vowel.