Exam 2: Larynx Flashcards
Larynx connects
Lower part of pharynx to trachea
Functions of larynx
- Prevents passage of food into airway
- Regulates flow of air into lungs
- Vocalization
Larynx lies at which vertebral level
C3-C6
6 cartilages of larynx
- Thyroid
- Cricoid
- Epiglottic
- Arytenoid
- Corniculate
- Cuneiform
Which part of thyroid cartilage is the “Adam’s Apple”
Laryngeal prominence
Most inferior of laryngeal cartilages
Cricoid
Spoon-shaped cartilage lies behind root of tongue and body of hyoid
Epiglottic
Lower end of epiglottic cart. attached to back of laryngeal prominence by
Thyroepiglottic ligament
Paired cartilages, pyramidal, articulate with cricoid cartilage
Arytenoid cartilage
2 processes on arytenoid cartilages
Vocal process (vocal lig) Muscular process (intrinsic muscles of larynx)
Paired cartilages, lie on apices of arytenoid cartilages
Corniculate cartilages
Paired cartilages, lie in aryepiglottic folds
Cuneiform cartilages
Cricothyroid joint is between
Side of cricoid cartilage and inferior horn of thyroid cartilage
Cricothyroid joint permits what movement
Rotation of thyroid cartilage around horizontal axis
Cricoarytenoid joint is between
Upper border of cricoid cartilage and base of arytenoid cartilage
Cricoarytenoid joint permits what movement
Gliding and rotation of arytenoid cartilage on cricoid cartilage
Thyrohyoid membrane is between
Thyroid cartilage and hyoid bone
Thyrohyoid membrane is pierced by
Internal laryngeal nerve and superior laryngeal vessels
Median cricothyroid ligament is between
Arch of cricoid cartilage to thyroid cartilage
Vocal ligament is between
Thyroid cartilage to vocal process of arytenoid cartilage