Gross 32 Larynx Flashcards

1
Q

Order of the larynx

A
Laryngeal Vestibule
Vestibular fold
Laryngeal ventricle
Vocal fold
Infraglottic cavity
Trachae
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2
Q

What keeps epiglottis up and out of the way for breathin

A

Hyo-epiglottic ligament

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3
Q

Oblique line is attachment site for

A

Sternothyroid
Thyrohyoid
inferior constrictor

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4
Q

Tritecheal cartilage location

A

posterior fold of thyrohyoid membrane

Lateral thyrohyoid ligament

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5
Q

Crycothyroid joint movement

A

anterior movement

ant./post. tiliting thyroid cartilage

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6
Q

Which nerve runs posterior to crycothyroid joints

A

Inferior laryngeal nn

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7
Q

Laryngeal inlet

A

Aditus

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8
Q

Fold from epiglottis to Corniculate cartilage

A

aryepiglottic fold

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9
Q

Between vestibular folds

A

Rima vestibuli

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10
Q

Between vocal folds

A

Rima glottidis

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11
Q

Cricothyroid function

A

Tilts forward, tension on vocal ligaments

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12
Q

Posterior cricoarytenoid function

A

Opens rima glottidis (between vocal folds)

Needed to breath

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13
Q

Transverse arytenoid function

A

adduction of vocal ligaments

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14
Q

Thyroarytenoid function

A

relaxation of vocal ligaments

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15
Q

Oblique arytenoid function

A

pull epiglottis

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16
Q

Lateral cricoartyenoid

A

Abducts rima glottidis

17
Q

Recurrent laryngeal circles…

A

aorta (left)

Subclavian (right)

18
Q

demarkation of recurrent to laryngeal n.

A

cricothyroid joint

19
Q

Recurrent laryngeal nerve innervation

A

motor to intrinsic muscles of larynx except for cricothyroid (external laryngeal)