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Anatomy: Larynx and Pharynx Flashcards

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What is the function of the Larynx?

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Involved in:
-Breathing, sound production/phonation (houses the vocal cords) and protection of trachea against food aspiration

-Manipulated pitch and volume

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Larynx is related to which cervical vertebrae?

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Larynx is located at vertebral levels C3 to C6

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What is the function of the glottis?

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It is a valve contained in the larynx that serves dual function of controlling airway and producing sound during phonation

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What is the purpose of intrinsic and extrinsic muscles?

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The intrinsic muscles control the glottis

The extrinsic muscles control position of larynx in the neck.

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What forms the cricothyroid joint?

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The inferior horn of the thyroid cartilage articulates with the side acrh of the cricoid cartilage to form the cricothyroid joint.

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What is the thyrohyoid membrane?

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Membrane that connects the superior border of the thyroid cartilage to the hyoid bone

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True/False

The LAMINA of the cricoid cartilage is located posteriorly and the ARCH is located anteriorly

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True

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Location of the arytenoid cartilage is ..?

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Arytenoid cartilage located on the superior border of the lamina of the cricoid cartilage. Articulates with the cricoid cartilage through the synovial joint.

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Name the two processes of the arytenoid cartilage

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  1. Muscular process for attachment of the intrinsic laryngeal muscles.
  2. Vocal process for attachment of vocal ligament

Memba: Intrinsic muscle controls glottis

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What is the importance of the arytenoid cartilage - muscular and vocal processes?

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Important because it influences position and tension of the vocal folds.

  • adduction
  • abduction
  • rotation
  • tilting anteriorly and posteriorly
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Which cartilages of the larynx paired?

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  • Arytenoid Cartilage
  • Corniculate Cartilage
  • Cuneiform Cartilage
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How many carliages are there of the larynx?

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9

3 paired and 3 unpaired

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Which cartilages are made up of elastic cartilage?

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  1. Epiglottis
  2. Corniculate
  3. Cuneiform
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Which cartilages are made up of hyaline cartilages?

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  1. Thyroid
  2. Cricoid
  3. Arytenoid
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Where are the corniculate cartilages located?

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Corniculate cartilages are located at the apex of each arytenoid cartilage

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Where are the cuneiform cartilages located?

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Cuneiform cartilages are located anterior to the corniculate cartilages.

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What type of joint is the cricothyroid joint?

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The cricothyroid joint is a synovial joint

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What nerve passes behind the cricothyroid joint?

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The recurrent laryngeal nerve passes behind the cricothyroid joint where it becomes the inferior laryngeal nerve

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What type of joint is the cricoarytenoid joint?

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The cricoarytenoid joint is a synovial joint

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Where is the cricoarytenoid joint located?

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The cricoarytenoid joint is located on the superior border of the LAMINA of the cricoid cartilage.

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Purpose of the cricoarytenoid joint is to…?

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allow rotatory and lateral gliding movements

The lateral and downward pull of arytenoid leads to opening of the vocal folds (rima glottidis) in the shape of a V

Rotation of the joint leads to a diamond-shaped opening of the glottis

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What is the extent of the thyrohyoid membrane?

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The membrane connects the upper border of the lamina of the thyroid and its superior horns to the body and greater horn of the hyoid bone.

It forms the lateral wall of the piriform recess.

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What is the purpose of the thyrohyoid membrane?

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To anchor the larynx to the hyoid bone.

NB: The thyrohyoid membrane is not apart of the larynx.

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What pierces the thyrohyoid membrane?

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The superior laryngeal nerve and vessels perforates the thyroihyoid membrane

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What is the extent of the hyoepiglottic ligament?
It connects the epiglottis to the hyoid bone
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What is the extent of the thyroepglottic ligament?
It connects the epiglottis to the thyroid cartilage
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The epiglottis is posterior to the...?
Tongue and hyoid bone
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What is the extent of the cricotracheal membrane?
It connects the lower border of the cricoid cartilage to the first cartilagenous ring of the trachea
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What is the extent of the quadrangular membrane?
It extends between the epiglottis and the arytenoid cartilage. The anterior border of the quadrangular membrane is attached to the lower half of the epiglottis (the stalk) at its sides Its posterior border is attached to the anterolateral surface of the arytenoid Its lower border (inferior border) is free!!! The lower border constitutes the vestibular ligament (false vocal cord) The longer superior border (upper border) with mucous membrane constitutes the aryepiglottic fold.
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What type of tissue is the cricothyroid ligament?
Elastic tissue
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What is the extent of the cricothyroid ligament?
The cricothyroid ligament has 2 parts ( anterior and lateral) 1. The anterior median cricothyroid ligament 2. Paired lateral cricothyroid ligament/ paired cricovocal membrane. The anterior median cricothyroid ligament can be found in the midline and it connects the upper border of the cricoid cartilage to the lower border of the thyroid cartilage. The paired lateral cricothyroid ligament/cricovocal membrances are attached to the upper border of the cricoid cartilage. The superior border is free for each ligament constituting the vocal ligament/vocal cord. Its posterior end (vocal ligament) is attached tothe vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage The anterior end of the vocal ligament is attached to the inner surface of the thyroid cartilage and angle formed by the laminae.
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What are the intrinsic ligaments and membranes?
The quadrangular membrane and the cricothyroid ligament
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What are the extrinsic ligaments and membrane
1. The hyo-epiglottic ligament 2. The thyro-epiglottic ligament 3. The thyrohyoid membrane 4. The cricotracheal membrane
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Purpose of the extrinsic laryngeal muscles
To support and position the larynx within the trachea
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List the extrinsic laryngeal muscles
1. Suprahyoid muscles | 2. Infrahyoid muscles
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List the intrinsic muscles
1. Aryepiglottic muscles 2. Oblique arytenoids 3. Transverse arytenoid 4. Thyroepiglottic muscle These muscles act on the inlet - the opening connecting larynx to pharynx 5. Posterior cricoarytenoids 6. Lateral cricoarytenoids 7. Oblique and transverse arytenoids 8. Thyroarytenoids and cricothyroids 9. Vocalis These muscles affect the vocal ligaments
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What constitute the suprahyoid muscles
1. Geniohyoid muscles 2. Digastric muscles 3. Stylohyoid muscles 4. Mylohyoid muscles 5. Hyoglossus 6. Genioglossus muscles The suprahyoid muscles are responsible for elevating larynx
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What are the infrahyoid muscles?
1. Sternohyoid muscles 2. Omohyoid muscles 3. Sternothyroid muscles 4. Thyrohyoid muscles The infrahyoid muscles are responsible for depressing the larynx.
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Difference between respiratory and phonatory muscles
Respiratory muscles move the vocal cords apart to serve as breathing Phonatory muscles move the vocal cords together to serve the production of a sound/voice
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What is the main respiratory muscles?
Posterior cricoarytenoid muscles MEMBA: it is an instrinsic muscle which affects the vocal ligaments
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What are the phonatory muscles?
Adductors - lateral cricoarytenoid muscles and arytenoid muscles Abductors - posterior cricoarytenoid muscles Tensors - cricothyroid muscles and thyroarytenoid muscles All instrinsic muscles affecting the vocal ligaments
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Attachments of the posterior cricoarytenoid muscle
Superior attachment: muscular proces of the arytenoid cartilage Inferior attachment: posterior surface of lamina of the cricoid cartilage
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Function of the posterior criocoarytenoid muscle
Causes rotation of the arytenoid cartilage, moving the vocal processes of the cartilage laterally resulting in abduction of the vocal folds (v-shaped) It abducts vocal folds and opens the glottis. It is the only muscle that opens the rima glottidis.
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Attachments of the transverse arytenoid muscle
It is attached to the posterior part of the arytenoid cartilage
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What is the function of the transverse arytenoid muscle
It draws the arytenoid cartilages medially (and vocal processes) resulting in adduction of vocal folds, helping to close the vocal folds
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Attachment of the oblique arytenoid muscle
attaches to the muscular process of one arytenoid to apex of the arytenoid of the opposite side. They cross each other on the posterior surface of the transverse arytenoid
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What s the function of the oblique arytenoid muscle
Adducts arytenoid cartilages, resulting in adduction of the vocal folds Similar to the transverse arytenoid muscle
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Lateral cricoarytenoid muscle attachments
Superior attachment: muscular process of the arytenoid cartilage Inferior attachment: arch of cricoid cartilage
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What is the function of the lateral cricoarytenoid cartilage?
Causes internal rotation of arytenoid cartilage, moving vocal folds medially (adduction) - closes glottis
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Attachments of the cricothyroid muscle
Superior attachment: inferior margin of the thyroid cartilage Inferior attachment: Lateral surface of the cricoid cartilage
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Function of the cricothyroid muscle
it is a fan shaped muscle Responsible for lengthening and tensing the vocal folds. Altering the pitch of the voice
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What are the attachments of the thyroarytenoid muscle?
Anterior attachment: to the inner surface of the thyroid cartilage Posterior attachment: anterior surface of arytenoid cartilage Medial fibers of the thyroaytenoid muscle runs parallel to the vocal ligament forming the vocalis muscle The vocalis muscle acts on the posterior part of vocal fold
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What is the function of the thyroarytenoid muscle?
It shortens and relaxes the vocal folds, altering the pitch of the voice
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What is the inlet of the larynx?
It is the communication point between the larynx and pharynx
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What are the three points of the laryngeal cavity?
The vestibule The ventricle The infrglottic cavity
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What is the vestible?
Its apart of the laryngeal cavity which means its a space and it is superior to the vestibular folds
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What is the ventricle?
It is apart of the laryngeal cavity which means it is a space. It is the depression between vestibular and vocal folds which may extend in a recess called saccule.
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What is the infraglottic cavity?
The infraglottic cavity is apart of the laryngeal cavity which means it is a space. It is a space that is inferior to the vocal folds and continuous with trachea
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What is the vestibular fold and vocal fold epiithelium?
The vestibular fold are lined with pseudostratified columnar ciliated with goblet cells The vocal fold are lined with stratified squamous non-keratinized
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The interval between the vocal folds is the...
rima glottidis
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What is the glottis?
The glottis is comprises of the rima glottidis and the vocal cords
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What lines the true vocal cord?
stratified squamous non-keratinized epithelium
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What is the blood supply above the vocal folds?
The superior laryngeal branch of superior thyroi artery Superior laryngeal nerve pierces the thyrohyoid membrane to enter the piriform recess below the internal laryngeal nerve.
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What blood supply goes to the lower part of the larynx?
The inferior laryngeal branch of inferior thyroid artery. It runs with the recurrent laryngeal nerve
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What is the venous drainage to upper and lower parts of the larynx?
Above vocal folds: superior laryngeal vein which drains into the superior thyroid vein. The veins accompany their arteries Lower part: Inferior laryngeal vein which drains into the inferior thyroid vein
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What is the lymph drainage to the larynx?
Drain into the upper and lower groups of the deep cervical nodes. Upper/ superior deep cervical lymph nodes --> upper part of larynx Inferior deep cervical lymoh --> lower part Makes sense it is in the region of the neck
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Where does the internal and external branches of the superior laryngeal nerve supply?
Internal branch of superior laryngeal nerve - sensory innervation to mucosa superior to vocal folds External branch of superior laryngeal nerve - to cricothyroid muscle
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List the branches of the Vagus nerve related to the larynx
Internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve. External branch of the superior laryngeal nerve ( external laryngeal nerve) Recurrent laryngeal nerve
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The inferior laryngeal branch of the recurrent laryngeal nerve supplies?
The inferior laryngeal branch of the recurrent laryngeal nerve supplies all instrinsic muscles of the larynx and sensory innervation to mucosa superior to vocal folds The intrinsic muscles include: Adductors - lateral cricoarytenoid and arytenoid muscles Abductors - posterior cricoarytenoid muscles Tensors - cricothyroid and thyroarytenoid muscles
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All intrinsic muscles of larynx supplied by recurrent laryngeal nerve (branch of vagus) except cricothyroid muscle (innervated by external laryngeal nerve)
All intrinsic muscles of larynx supplied by recurrent laryngeal nerve (branch of vagus) except cricothyroid muscle (innervated by external laryngeal nerve)
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Injury to external laryngeal nerve causes?
Weakened phonation because the vocal folds cant be tightened The Cricothyroid muscle is one of the phonatory muscles. It is the only muscle supplied by the external laryngeal nerve and it is lengthens and tenses the vocal folds.
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What supplies the posterior cricoarytenoid?
The recurrent laryngeal nerve
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What is the posterior cricoarytenoid muscle?
It is a muscle supplied by the recurrent laryngeal nerve It is the only respiratory muscle and the only abductor phonatory muscle which rotates the arytenoids, abducting the vocal folds causing opening of rima glottidis and glottis
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Injury the recurrent laryngeal nerve (s) results in?
Injury to one recurrent laryngeal nerve produces: 1. Hoarseness Injury to both laryngeal nerves results in: 1. Non-preservation of the voice 2. Breathing difficulties
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Internal laryngeal nerve pierces the?
cricothyroid ligament
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How is the larynx (inlet) protected during swallowing?
The sphincteric action of aryepiglottic muscle closes the glottis
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What is phonation?
Making of osuns that varies in pitch, intensity and quality (timbre)
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How do the vocal folds look at rest from during phonation?
At rest: vocal folds are separated During phonation: vocal folds are held together
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How does the pitch, intensity and quality change through phonation?
Pitch: changes with variations in vibration of the vocal folds leading to sound waves of certain pitch Intensity: intensity o the sound varies with the pressure of air forced through the glottis Quality (timbre) : depends on the resonating chambers above the glottis
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What is coughing?
Coughng is the explosion of compressed air
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Action of coughing?
1. Adduction of vocal folds 2. Abduction of vocal folds NB: strong expiratory contaction is made to build up intrathoracic pressure.
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What are the 4 functions of the larynx?
Swallowing, breathing, phonation, and coughing
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Where does the larynx develop from?
The laryngotracheal groove at the caudal end of the floor of the primitive pharynx The laryngeal cartilages develop from 4th and 6th arches Larynx is c3 - c6 in adults Larynx is C2 - C3 in newborns, larynx descends as the child grows.

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