49. Larynx Flashcards
What type of cartilage is found in the larynx?
Hyaline
What type of joints are found within the larynx?
Plane synovial
Which 3 muscles attach to the oblique line of the thyroid cartilage?
Sternothyroid
Thryrohyoid
Inferior constrictor
Which 2 muscles attach to the muscular process of the arytenoid cartilage?
Posterior cricoarytenoid
Lateral cricoarytenoid
Make sure you can identify - thyroid/ cricoid/ arytenoid cartilage, corniculate, cuneiform and epiglottis
SLIDE 3-8
What type of cartilage is the epiglottis made of?
Elastic
Attachments of the epiglottis?
Body of hyoid
Posterior surface of thyroid cartilage
Arytenoid cartilage
Make sure you can identify the membranes and ligaments of the larynx
Slide 10
Which ligament is the false vocal fold?
Vestibular ligament
Which membrane forms the vocal ligament?
Cricothyoid
Make sure you know what the vocal folds do/ look like during respiration and phonation
Slide 14
Attachments of cricothyroid?
Cricoid cartilage
Lamina and inferior cornu of thryoid cartilage
Action of cricothyroid?
Tense and elongate vocal folds
Innervation of cricothryoid?
External laryngeal branch of vagus
Attachment of thyroarytenoid?
Inner surface of thryoid cartilage to arytenoid cartilages