Larynx

Question 1

What are the 3 main spaces of larynx

Answer 1

vestibule
ventricle
infraglottic cavity

Question 2

What are the 3 nonparied cartilages associated with the larynx?

Answer 2

epiglottic cartilage
thyroid cartilage
cricoid cartilage

Question 3

What are (most) of the cartilages of the larynx composed of?

Answer 3

hyaline cartilage*

*except for epiglottic cartilage = elastic cartilage

Question 4

____ cartilage looks like a fan

Answer 4

epiglottic cartilage

Question 5

The epiglottic cartilage is held to the thyroid via ____

Answer 5

Thyroepiglottic ligament

Question 6

What are the 2 components of the epiglottic cartilage?

Answer 6

anterior part - faces hyoid bone

posterior part - does not face hyoid bone

Question 7

What is the largest cartilage of the larynx?

Answer 7

thyroid cartilage

Question 8

What are the components of the thyroid cartilage?

Answer 8

Bilaterally - lamina, inferior horn, superior horn, laryngeal prominence

Question 9

The laryngeal prominence of the ___ cartilage is also called ___

Answer 9

thyroid cartilage

adam’s apple

Question 10

The superior horn of the thyroid cartilage holds it to the ____

Answer 10

hyoid bone

Question 11

The inferior horn of the thyroid cartilage holds it to the ____

Answer 11

cricoid cartilage

Question 12

___ cartilage is called a “backwards class ring”. Why?

Answer 12

cricoid cartilage

broad posterior lamina
narrow anterior arches

Question 13

What are the 2 components of the cricoid cartilage?

What are the 2 facet points of the crcioid cartilage?

Answer 13

lamina (broad poster)
arches (narrow anterior)

both facets are on the lamina!

superiorly: facet for arytenoid cartilage
laterally: facet for thyroid cartilage (cricothyroid joint)

Question 14

The lateral lamina facet of the cricoid cartilage articulates with the _____

Answer 14

inferior horn of the thyroid cartilage

Question 15

The cricothyroid joint is a ____ joint

Answer 15

synovial joint

has a capsule!

Question 16

What are the 3 paired cartilages of the larynx?

Answer 16

arytenoid cartilage
corniculate cartilage
cuneoform cartilage

Question 17

Which cartilage is the “birthday hat”?

Answer 17

arytenoid cartilage

pyramidal on top of the cricoid cartilage

Question 18

What are the components of the arytenoid cartilage?

Answer 18

apex = superior
muscular process = posterior for muscular attachment
vocal process = anterior for true vocal cord attachment

Question 19

The ___ cartilage is the pom pom on the birthday hat

Answer 19

corniculate cartilage

Question 20

The cuneoform cartilage is ____

Answer 20

embedded in a ligament

Question 21

If the cuneoform cartilage is covered in mucous membrane, it is called ___

Answer 21

cuneoform tubercle

Question 22

What are the extrinsic ligaments of the larynx?

Answer 22

thyrohyoid membrane
cricotrachael ligament
hypoepiglotitic ligament

Question 23

Describe extrinsic ligamente genreally

Answer 23

large, broad, continue laterally

Question 24

Thyrohyoid membrane holds the ___ to the ___

Answer 24

thyroid cartilage to hyoid bone

Question 25

Where are the ligaments within the thyrohyoid membrane found?

Answer 25

2 laterally

1 median

Question 26

2 lateral thyrohyoid ligaments hold ___

Answer 26

hold up the superior horn of the hyoid bone

Question 27

1 medial thyrohyoid ligament hold ___

Answer 27

hold the thyroid notch up to the hyoid bone in midline

Question 28

The cricotrachael ligament holds the __ to __

Answer 28

cricoid cartilage to the trachae (1st trachael ring)

Question 29

The hyoepiglottic ligament holds the __ to __

Answer 29

epiglottis to the body of hyoid bone

Question 30

What are the intrinsic ligaments?

Answer 30

quadrangular membrane (aryepiglotic ligament and vestibular ligament)

cricothyroid ligament (vocal ligament and medial cricothyroid ligament)