Clinical Anatomy of the Larynx Flashcards
Name muscle A
A - Lateral cricoarytenoid muscle
Name opening A
A - Laryngeal inlet (aditus)
Name nerve A
A - External laryngeal nerve
Name structure A
A - Vocal ligament
Name structure A
A - Cricoid cartilage
Name structure A
A - Vestibular ligament
Name nerves A and B
A - Inferior laryngeal nerve (anterior branch)
B - Recurrent laryngeal nerve
Name structures at A
A - Deep cervical lymph nodes
Name feature A
A - Attachment for inferior horn of thyroid cartilage
Name the structure created by nerves at A
A - Galen’s anastomosis
N.b. Anastomosis of internal laryngeal nerve and inferior laryngeal nerve
Name structure A
A - Cricoid cartilage
Name nerve A
A - Superior laryngeal nerve
Name muscle A
A - Thyroarytenoid muscles
Name muscles at A
A - Arytenoid muscles (oblique bands)
Name structures A and B
A - Superior horn of thyroid cartilage
B - Inferior horn of thyroid cartilage
Name structure A
A - Laryngeal ventricle
Name nerve A
A - Recurrent laryngeal nerve
Name structure A
A - Epiglottis
Name muscles at A
A - Cricothyroid muscles
Name features at A
A - Vocal processes of arytenoid cartilages
Name muscles A
A - Cricothyroid muscles
Name structure A
A - False vocal cord
Name vessel A
A - Internal jugular vein (right)
Name structure A
A - Thyroid cartilage
Name structure A
A - Aryepiglottic fold
Name muscles A to D
A - Sternohyoid
B - Omohyoid
C - Thyrohyoid
D - Sternothyroid
Name muscles at A
A - Thyroarytenoid muscles
Name structures at A
A - Arytenoid cartilages
Name nerve A
A - Vagus nerve
Name structure A
A - False vocal cord
Name the fascia highlighted at A
A - Investing fascia
Name features at A
A - Muscular processes of arytenoid cartilages
Name muscles at A
A - Posterior cricoarytenoid muscles
Name nerves A and B
A - Inferior laryngeal nerve
B - Recurrent laryngeal nerve
Name nerve A
A - Internal laryngeal nerve
Name structure A
A - True vocal cord
Name muscles at A
A - Arytenoid muscles (transverse bands)
Name the structure at A
A - Cricoarytenoid joint
Name the fascia highlighed at A
A - Pretracheal fascia
Name structure A
A - Conus elasticus
Name muscle A
A - Thyroarytenoid muscle
Name space A
A - Rima glottidis
Name muscles at A
A - Posterior cricoarytenoid muscles
Name the structure at A
A - Cricothyroid joint
Name vessel A
A - Common carotid artery (right)
Name the highlighted area of structure A
A - Laryngeal vestibule
Name feature A
A - Laryngeal prominence of thyroid cartilage
Name structure A
A - Thyrohyoid membrane
Name structure A
A - Quadrangular membrane
Name lymph nodes A to E
A - Superior deep cervical
B - Prelaryngeal
C - Paratracheal
D - Inferior deep cervical
E - Pretracheal
Name structure A
A - True vocal cord
Name structure highlighted by points A
A - Laryngopharynx
Name muscles at A
A - Arytenoid muscles (transverse bands)
Name muscle A
A - Lateral cricoarytenoid muscle
Name muscles at A
A - Lateral cricoarytenoid muscles
Name area A
A - Infraglottic cavity
