Larynx Flashcards
only bone not connected to any bone in the body
Hyoid bone
Hyoid bone is connected to thyroid cartilage via what membrane
Thyrohyoid membrane
Only cartilage that js a complete ring in the entire respi tract
Cricoid cartilage
What cartilage comes before the trachea
Cricoid cartilage
Joining together of cricoid and trachea is at what level
C6
Start of esophagus what level
C6
Unpaired cartilages lf laryngeal skeleton
Epiglottic cartilage
Thyroid cartilage
Cricoid cartilage
Paired cartilages
Arytenoid cartilage
Corniculate cartilage
Cuneiform cartilage
Attached to the inner side kf the thyroid cartilage
Epiglottic cartilage
Diff bet ligament and membrane
Membrane is flat
Ligament is a thickened structure
Attachment of the arytenoid to the thyroid
Vocal ligament
Involved in voice production
Vocal ligament
Attaches the arytenoid to the epiglottis
Quadrangular membrane
How many quadrangular membranes and why
2 bec 2 arytenoid cartilages
What ligament parallels the vocal ligament but located more superiorly to it
Vestibular ligament