Dissection VII Upper Airways: Nasal Passages, Pharynx, And Larynx Flashcards
Larynx
- Several sets of cartiledges
- A set of mucosal folds
- A set of muscles
- Several ligaments
Laryngeal cartiledges
A. Basilhyoid bone B. Epiglotic cartilage C. Thyroid Cartilage D. Arytenoid cartilage E. Cricoid cartilage
Arytenoid cartilage
Vocal process
Muscular process
Corniculate process
Cuneiform process
Muscular process of the arytenoid
3/4 of the intrinsic muscles of larynx attach to this process
Movements of arytenoid cartileges
Translated into movements of the vocal folds and hence into movements resulting in changes of size and shape of the airway
Mucosal folds larynx
Vestibular fold, vocal fold, laryngeal ventricle
What is relationship between the vocal folds and the muscular process of the arytenoid?
Each vocal fold is covered externally by a mucous membrane and contains the thyroarytenoideus muscle and most crainially an elastic ligament
Palatoglossal arches
Define the rostral boarder for the oropharynx
If you put tension on the soft palate and retract it dorsally you put tension on the
Palatoglossal arches
If you put tension on the soft palate and retract it medially you put tension on the
Palatopharyngeal arches
Palatopharyngeal arches
Define caudal boarder of the oropharynx
Intrinsic muscles of the larynx
Have both attachments on laryngeal cartilages and act to move these cartileges relative to each other and in doing so they move the vocal folds and change size and shape of air passage They are named for their two attachments Cricoarytenoideus dorsalis Cricoarytenoideus lateralis Cricothyroid Thyroarytenoideus
Pharyngeal constrictor muscles
Arch over laryngeopharynx and meet partners at midline raphe, play a role in swallowing
Hyopharyngeus
Thyropharyngeus
Cricopharyngeus
Vocal folds
Prominent set of mucosal folds which form a v shape on the ventricular floor of the larynx
Laryngeal ventricle
Space projecting laterally just rostral to the vocal fold
Vestibular fold
Rostral border of the laryngeal ventricle; not prominent fold but anatomical landmark for rostral boarder of laryngeal ventrical
Rostral
Toward the nose
Bovine larynx vs equine larynx
Bovine larynx will not have a laryngeal ventrical and therefore will not have a vestibular fold
Laryngeal muscle naming
Named for attachments caudal to cranial
Abduction/ addition of vocal folds
Movement medial/ lateral plane resulting in widening or narrowing of the glottis
Tensing/ relaxing of the vocal fold
Movements in the dorsal/ ventral plane important in phonation
Abduction
Movement outward