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Anatomy of larynx Flashcards

1
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What is the larynx basically?

A

Tube created by membranes, cartilages and muscles

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2
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How does the larynx relate to the hyoid bone?

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It lies below the hyoid bone

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3
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Where does the larynx begin?

A

Laryngeal inlet

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4
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Where does the larynx end?

A

Lower border of cricoid cartilage

C6 vertebral level

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5
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What is the continuation of the larynx?

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Trachea

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6
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How many important cartilages of the larynx are there? What are the different groups?

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Three single cartilages

One paired cartilage

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7
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What are the three single cartilages of the larynx?

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Thyroid cartilage

Cricoid cartilage

Epiglottis

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8
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What is the paired cartilage of the larynx?

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Aretynoid cartilages

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9
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What are the parts of the thyroid cartilage?

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Lateral plates

Laryngeal prominence

Inferior horn

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10
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What is the laryngeal prominence?

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Where the two lateral plates of the thyroid cartilag meet in the anterior midline

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11
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What is the laryngeal prominence of the thyroid cartilage commonly known as?

A

Adam’s apple

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12
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What is the inferior horn of the thyroid cartilage?

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Postero-inferior projection

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13
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What does the inferior horn of the thyroid cartilage do?

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Articulates with the cricoid cartilage

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14
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What is the signifiance of the inferior horn of the thyroid cartilage articulating with the cricoid cartilage in a synovial joint?

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Thyroid cartilage can move on cricoid cartilage

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15
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What is different about the cricoid cartilage compared to other cartilages of the larynx and trachea?

A

Forms a complete ring

others are incomplete

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16
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What type of joint connects the inferior horn of the thyroid cartilage to the cricoid cartilage?

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Synovial joint

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17
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What is the shape of the cricoid cartilage?

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Wider and flatter at the back

than at the front

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18
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What shape is the epiglottis?

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Leaf-shaped

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19
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What is the relative position of the aretynoid cartilages in the larynx?

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Posteriorly

Superior to cricoid cartilage on either side

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20
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What do the aretynoid cartilages attach to?

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The cricoid cartilage on either side

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21
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How do the aretynoid cartilages attach to the cricoid cartilage?

A

Synovial joints

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22
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What does the epiglottis attach to?

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Postero-superior surface of thyroid cartilage inferiorly

Body of hyoid bone superiorly

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23
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How many membranes of the larynx are there?

24
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What are the membranes of the larynx?

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Thyro-hyoid membrane

Crico-thyroid membrane

Crico-tracheal membrane

Quadrangular membrane

25
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What does the thyro-hyoid membrane attach to?

A

Superiorly the hyoid bone

Inferiorly the thyroid cartilage

26
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What does the crico-thyroid membrane attach to?

A

Superiorly the thyroid cartilage

Inferiorly the cricoid cartilage

27
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What does the crico-tracheal membrane attach to?

A

Superiorly the cricoid cartilage

Inferiorly the first ring of cartilage of the trachea

28
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What is the clinical signifiance of the cricothyroid membrane?

A

Cricothyroidotomy

29
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When is a cricothyroidotomy done?

A

Patient cannot breathe

cannot be intubated or ventilated

30
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How is a cricothyroidotomy done?

A

Palpate for the cricothyroid membrane

make an incision into it

31
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What does the quadrangular membrane attach to?

A

Sides of epiglottis superiorly

Posterior surface of thyroid cartilage antero-inferiorly
Aretynoid cartilages postero-inferiorly

32
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What is the free superior border of the quadrangular membrane called?

A

Aryepiglottic fold

33
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How does the free superior border of the quadrangular membrane form the aryepiglottic fold?

A

Thickens at this point

34
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What is the laryngeal inlet?

A

Opening into the larynx

35
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What forms the laryngeal inlet?

A

The aryepiglottic folds

36
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What is the free inferior border of the quadrangular membrane called?

A

The vestibular ligament/false vocal cord

37
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How does the free inferior border of the quadrangular membrane frorm the vestibular ligament/false vocal cord?

A

Thickens at this point

38
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What is the free superior border of the crico-thyroid membrane called?

A

The vocal ligament/true vocal cord

39
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How does the free superior border of the crico-thyroid membrane form the vocal ligament/true vocal cord?

A

Thickens at this point

40
Q

What lines the surface of the larynx?

A

Mucous membrane

41
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What are the three areas of the larynx?

A

Supraglottis

Glottis

Infraglottis

42
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What is the supraglottis?

A

Area of the larynx above the vestibular ligament/false vocal cords

43
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What is the glottis?

A

Area of the larnx that contains the vestibular ligament/false vocal cords and the vocal ligament/true vocal cords

44
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What is the infraglottis?

A

Area of the larynx below the vocal ligament/true vocal cords

45
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What is located between the vestibular ligament/false vocal cords and the vocal ligament/true vocal cords?

A

Ventricle posteriorly

Saccule anteriorly

46
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What are the ventrcle and saccule?

A

Recesses between the vestibular ligament/false vocal cords and the vocal ligament/true vocal cords

47
Q

What is the function of the ventricle and saccula?

A

Contain mucous glands
produce mucus
keep larynx mois

48
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What type of epithelium lines the larynx?

A

Respiratory epithelium - psueodostratified ciliated columnar epithelium

49
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What is the exception to psueodostratified ciliated columnar epithelium lining the respiratory tract?

A

Vocal ligament/true vocal cords is lined with stratified squamous epithelium

50
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Why are the vocal ligaments/true vocal cords lined with stratified squamous epithelium?

A

To protect against of abrasion of air moving into and out of larynx

51
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What is the rima glottidis?

A

The opening between the vocal ligaments/true vocal cords

52
Q

How can you tell the orientation of a view of the larynx?

A

Point of rima glottidis is anterior

53
Q

How can the larynx be viewed?

A

Laryngoscope

Nasoendoscopy

54
Q

When is a laryngoscope used to view the larynx?

A

Intubation - placing a tube in the infraglottis

55
Q

When is a nasoendoscope used to view the larynx?

A

To visualise the larynx

56
Q

What body system is the larynx a part of?

A

Respiratory system

58
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What are the functions of the larynx? Which is its main function?

A

Ventilation - air in and out of lungs

Airway protection - preventing aspiration - main function

Cough

Phonation - producing sound

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