Sutton D, Taylor E M, Lindeman R C
Acta Anat (Basel). 1977;97(1):57-67. doi: 10.1159/000144717.
Laryngeal epithelium of monkeys (M. mulatta, M. nemestrina) ranging in age from late fetal to adult was found to undergo the following developmental changes: (1) progressive elaboration of commissural epithelium prenatally, reaching the adult form of pseudostratified columnar ciliated epithelium early in the postnatal period;(2) vocal process epithelium changing from cuboid to stratified squamous tissue during the late prenatal period, and (3) progressive increments in overall epithelial thicknees during development, reaching a maximum in the early postnatal period. Chondrocyte density of the cricoid and thyroid cartilage decreased during the late prenatal period, reaching the adult form at the neonatal stage. The evidence suggests that mechanical or metaplastic stresses do not determine the observed tissue changes.
研究发现，从胎儿晚期到成年期的恒河猴（猕猴、豚尾猴）喉上皮会发生以下发育变化：（1）产前连合上皮逐渐精细发育，在出生后早期达到成人形式的假复层柱状纤毛上皮；（2）产前后期，声带突上皮从立方形变为复层鳞状组织；（3）发育过程中上皮总厚度逐渐增加，在出生后早期达到最大值。环状软骨和甲状软骨的软骨细胞密度在产前后期降低，在新生儿期达到成人形式。有证据表明，机械性或化生应激并不能决定所观察到的组织变化。
