Gross 32 Larynx Flashcards
Order of the larynx
Laryngeal Vestibule Vestibular fold Laryngeal ventricle Vocal fold Infraglottic cavity Trachae
What keeps epiglottis up and out of the way for breathin
Hyo-epiglottic ligament
Oblique line is attachment site for
Sternothyroid
Thyrohyoid
inferior constrictor
Tritecheal cartilage location
posterior fold of thyrohyoid membrane
Lateral thyrohyoid ligament
Crycothyroid joint movement
anterior movement
ant./post. tiliting thyroid cartilage
Which nerve runs posterior to crycothyroid joints
Inferior laryngeal nn
Laryngeal inlet
Aditus
Fold from epiglottis to Corniculate cartilage
aryepiglottic fold
Between vestibular folds
Rima vestibuli
Between vocal folds
Rima glottidis
Cricothyroid function
Tilts forward, tension on vocal ligaments
Posterior cricoarytenoid function
Opens rima glottidis (between vocal folds)
Needed to breath
Transverse arytenoid function
adduction of vocal ligaments
Thyroarytenoid function
relaxation of vocal ligaments
Oblique arytenoid function
pull epiglottis