Larynx

Question 1

What does the larynx extend to and from?

Answer 1

Tongue to trachea

Question 2

What is deglutination?

Answer 2

Swallowing

Question 3

At rest where does the larynx lie?

Answer 3

Males C3 - C6

females and children higher

Question 4

What vertebrae is the body of hyoid lie?

Answer 4

C3

Question 5

Where does the upper margin of thyroid cartilage lie?

Answer 5

C3/C4

Question 6

Where does the cricoid cartilage lie?

Answer 6

C6

Question 7

Is the hyoid bone in the larynx or pharynx?

Answer 7

Larynx

Question 8

What innervates the cricoid cartilage?

Answer 8

External branch of superior laryngeal nerve

Question 9

What are the extrinsic muscles of the larynx?

Answer 9

Suprahyoid
Infrahyoid

Question 10

What marks the upper and lower half of larynx?

Answer 10

Vocal cords

Question 11

What is the sensory innervation above the vocal cords?

Answer 11

Internal laryngeal

Question 12

What is the sensory innervation below the area below the vocal cords?

Answer 12

Recurrent laryngeal

Question 13

What is the motor innervation to all the intrinsic muscles of the larynx and with the exception of what?

Answer 13

Recurrent laryngeal

Exertion of the cricothyroid muscle

Question 14

What supplies the cricothyroid muscle?

Answer 14

External laryngeal

Question 15

What is laryngoscopy?

Answer 15

Procedure used to examine the interior of the larynx