11.1 The Larynx

Question 1

What connects the hyoid bone to the thyroid?

Answer 1

Thyrohyoid membrane

Question 2

What connects the thyroid to the cricoid cartilage?

Answer 2

Cricothyroid membrane

Question 3

What are the three parts of the larynx?

Answer 3

Supraglottis
Glottis
Subglottis

Question 4

What does the supraglottis area cover?

Answer 4

Epiglottis to the vestibular folds (false cords)

Question 5

What does the glottis area cover?

Answer 5

Vocal cords

Question 6

What does the subglottis area cover?

Answer 6

Vocal cords to cricoid cartilage

Question 7

What are the lateral diverticulum in the supraglottis called?

Answer 7

Piriform fossa

Question 8

What are the two pieces of cartilage that articulate with the cricoid cartilage and what are they for?

Answer 8

Arytenoid cartilage - Allows vocal cord movement

Question 9

What is the epithelia on the vocal cords?

Answer 9

Stratified squamous epithelia

Question 10

What nerve innervates the cricothyroid muscle?

Answer 10

External laryngeal nerve

Question 11

What is the arterial supply to the laryngeal blood supply?

Answer 11

Superior laryngeal artery
Inferior laryngeal artery
(From the thyroid arteries)

Question 12

What is a good and poor prognosis when it comes to Laryngeal carcinoma?

Answer 12

Glottis = good
Subglottis = bad