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G55: Larynx Flashcards

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Larynx function

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produce voice, connect pharynx to trachea, respiratory system, patency of airway

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Level of larynx

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C3-C6

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Cartilages that make up the larynx

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thyroid, cricoid, epiglottic,(unpaired) arytenoid, corniculate, cuneiform (paired)

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Thyroid cartilage

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large, hyaline cartilage, 2 lamina fused, laryngeal prominence, thyroid notch, superior horn attached to hyoid, inferior horn articulates with cricoid

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Cricoid cartilage

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hyaline cartilage; ONLY complete ring, narrow in front, wide in back, articulate with inferior horns of thyroid cartilage and arytenoid cartilages

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Epiglottic cartilage

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Elastic, behind root of tongue, attached to thyroid cartilage and hyoid bone

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What ligament attaches the epiglottic cartilage and thyroid cartilage?

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Thyroepiglottic ligament

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What ligament attaches the epiglottic cartilage and hyoid bone?

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Hyoepiglottic ligament

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Arytenoid cartilage

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Hyaline, pyramidal, base articulate with cricoid, apex points posterior and medially, 2 processes - vocal and muscular

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Vocal process of arytenoid cartilage

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projects into interior of the larynx, pointing toward thyroid cartilage, vocal ligament attaches here

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Muscular process of arytenoid cartilage

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projects laterally, process is short and blunt attachment site for posterior cricoarytenoid and lateral cricoarytenoid

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Corniculate cartilage

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elastic, on apex of arytenoid

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Cuneiform cartilage

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elastic, aryepiglottic folds

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Thyrohyoid membrane

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runs between hyoid bone and thyroid cartilage; pierced by SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL A and INTERNAL LARYNGEAL N

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Quadrangular membrane

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from lateral margin of epiglottis to arytenoid cartilage; upper edge - aryepiglottic fold, lower edge under vestibular fold

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Median cricothyroid ligament:

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elastic tissue connecting cricoid cartilage and thyroid cartilage

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Vocal ligament

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vocal process of arytenoid cartilage to posterior surface of thyroid cartilage

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cricovocal membrane

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attached to vocal ligament superiorly and cricoid cartilage inferiorly and laterally

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Conus elasticus

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median cricothyroid ligament + cricovocal membreane (ILL-DEFINED)

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Cricothyroid joint

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inferior horn of thyroid and criocoid; rotary and gliding motion

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Cricoarytenoid joint

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base of arytenoid cartilage and posterior surface of cricoid cartilage; gliding and rotation movements

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Extrinsic muscles of larynx

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attach on outer surface, move whole larynx

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ELEVATORS OF larynx

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THYROHYOID, STYLOPHARYNGEUS, PALATOPHARYNGEUS AND SUPRAHYOID via thyrohyoid membrane

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DEPRESSORS OF larynx

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STERNOTHYROID, OMOHYOID, STERNOHYOID

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Cricothyroid attachments

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cricoid to inferior horn of thyroid cartilage

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Cricothyroid Action

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tenses and elongates vocal ligament (tilts thyroid anterior)

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Cricothyroid innervation

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external branch of Superior laryngeal n

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Posterior cricoarytenoid attachment

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posterior cricoid to MUSCULAR process of arytenoid

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Posterior cricoarytenoid action

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opens rima glottidis (abducts vocal folds)

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Posterior cricoarytenoid innervation

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recurrent (inferior) laryngeal n.

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Lateral cricoarytenoid attachment

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lateral side of cricoid to muscular process of arytenoid

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Lateral cricoarytenoid action

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closes rima glottidis (adducts vocal folds)

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Lateral cricoarytenoid innervation

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recurrent (inferior) laryngeal n.

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Arytenoid attachment

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posterior sufaces of adjacent arytenoid cartilage

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Arytenoid action

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closes rima glottidis (arytenoid approximate)

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Arytenoid innervation

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recurrent (inferior) laryngeal n.

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Thyroarytenoid attachment

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inner surface of thyroid cartilage inserts on base of arytenoid cartilage (medial portion inserts on vocal process

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Thyroarytenoid action

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decreases tension on vocal ligament by drawing thyroid and arytenoid closer together

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Two muscles of the thyroarytenoid m

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vocalis: thyroid to vocal process of arytenoid

thyroepiglottic m: prolonged fibers of thyroarytenoid along the aryepiglottic fold

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Action of Vocalis

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produce high tones, increase tension in part

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Laryngeal aditus

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superior opening into larynx from pharynx

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Vestibule

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immediate opening between epiglottis and aryepiglottic folds

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Vestibular folds

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upper fold; thick ridge of mucosa

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Vocal folds

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lower fold; enclose vocal ligaments and part of arytenoid cartilage

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Ventricle

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lies between to vestibular and vocal folds

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Rima Vestibuli

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opening between the vestibular folds

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Rima glottidis

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opening between the vocal folds

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Glottis

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Rima glottidis + vocal folds (and parts of the arytenoid cartilage)

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Infraglottic cavity

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space below vocal folds; continuous inferiorly with trachea

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Innervation to larynx

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Branches of Vagus - internal laryngeal and recurrent laryngeal

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Internal laryngeal n

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branch of superior laryngeal n. supplies sensory above the vocal folds; pierces the thyrohyoid membrane

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Motor innervation to the cricothyroid m

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external branch of superior laryngeal m

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When does the recurrent laryngeal become the inferior laryngeal?

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level of superior to cricothyroid joint

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All other intrinsic muscles of the larynx are innervated by…

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recurrent laryngeal n

55
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What structures need you be worried about in a tonsillectomy?

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facial a/v and glossopharyngeal

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What structures may be damaged by thyroid surgery?

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recurrent laryngeal n.

57
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unilateral section of recurrent laryngeal will cause

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hoarseness

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bilateral section of recurrent laryngeal will cause

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suffocation, cricothyroid closes rima glottidis and its innervated by internal laryngeal (unopposed action)

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Blood supply to larynx

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Superior laryngeal a from the superior thyroid a (external carotid) courses with internal laryngeal n.
Inferior laryngeal a from inferior thyroid a (thyrocervical trunk) courses with recurrent laryngeal (anastomosis)

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