Larynx

Question 1

What are the 3 functions of the larynx

Answer 1

air pathway
Switching mechanism (Air/food)
voice production

Question 2

What are the nine cartilages that make up the larynx

Answer 2

Thyroid
Cricoid
Epiglottis
Arytenoid (2)
Cuneiform (2)
Corniculate (2)

Question 3

Insertion of sternothyroid muscle

Answer 3

oblique line of thyroid cartilage

Question 4

Separates origins of thyrohyoid muscle and inferior

constrictor muscle

Answer 4

Oblique line of thyroid carilage

Question 5

V-shaped on thyroid cartilage

Answer 5

Superior Thyroid notch

Question 6

Shallow indentation of the thyroid cartilage

Answer 6

Inferior thyroid notch

Question 7

Rotation and gliding in of the thyroid cartilage results in what

Answer 7

a change in length of the vocal folds

Question 8

The only complete ring of the airway

Answer 8

Cricoid cartilage

Question 9

Has a broad posterior lamina

Answer 9

cricoid cartlage

Question 10

Has a narrow anterior arch

Answer 10

Cricoid cartilage

Question 11

Provides flexibility to the epiglottis

Answer 11

Epiglottic cartilage

Question 12

The epiglottic cartilage is attached to the hyoid bone via _____

Answer 12

hypoepiglottic ligament

Question 13

What make the false vocal fold

Answer 13

vestibular ligament

Question 14

Tapered inferior end of the epiglottic cartilage

Answer 14

stalk of the epiglottis

Question 15

_____ forms shallow ball-and-socket articulation with upper border
of the cricoid lamina

Answer 15

Base of the arytenoid

Question 16

____ attaches to arytenoid fold

Answer 16

apex of the arytenoid

Question 17

The arytenoid cartilage moves in what three directions

Answer 17

Superior-inferior axis
Medial lateral excursion
anterior posterior excursion

Question 18

pivot along ______results in

abduction and adduction of true vocal cords

Answer 18

superior-inferior axis (twisting)

Question 19

________ results in adduction and

abduction of entire cartilage.

Answer 19

medial-lateral excursion (sliding)

Question 20

Arytenoid attachment for the vocal ligament

Answer 20

Vocal Process

Question 21

Arytenoid attachment for the posterior and lateral cricoarytenoid muscles

Answer 21

Muscular process

Question 22

Attached to the apices of the arytenoid cartilages

Answer 22

Corniculate cartilage

Question 23

Give substance to the vocal folds

Answer 23

Cuneiform Cartilage

Question 24

Extend from the junction of the laminae of the
thyroid cartilage anteriorly to the vocal process of
the arytenoid cartilage posteriorly

Answer 24

Vocal L.

Question 25

Thickened medial most border of _____

is the vocal ligament

Answer 25

conus elasticus

Question 26

thick elastic tissue (medial free edge
of conus elasticus; attach the arytenoid cartilages to
the thyroid cartilage)

Answer 26

Vocal ligament

Question 27

of very fine muscle fibers; the most

medial portion of thyroarytenoid muscle

Answer 27

Vocalis muscle

Question 28

lateral recesses

between the vocal and vestibular folds

Answer 28

Laryngeal ventricles

Question 29

–inferior cavity of the larynx
between the vocal folds and inferior border of the
cricoid cartilage

Answer 29

Infraglottic cavity

Question 30

recesses extending laterally
from the middle part of the laryngeal cavity
between vestibular and vocal folds

Answer 30

Laryngeal ventricle

Question 31

between laryngeal inlet and

the vestibular folds

Answer 31

Laryngeal vestibule

Question 32

inferior cavity of the larynx
between the vocal folds and inferior border of the
cricoid cartilage

Answer 32

Infraglottic cavity

Question 33

aperture between the vocal folds

Answer 33

rima glottis