Larynx anatomy

Question 1

Answer 1

Thyroid cartilage

Question 2

Answer 2

Cricoid cartilage

Question 3

What are these parts of the thyroid cartilage called?

Answer 3

Laminae

Question 4

Answer 4

Superior thyroid notch

Question 5

Answer 5

Superior and inferior horns of the thyroid cartilage

Question 6

Answer 6

Thyrohyoid membrane

Question 7

Answer 7

Lateral thyrohyoid ligament

Question 8

What does the cricothyroid joint join? What kind of joint is it?

Answer 8

The inferior horn of the thyroid cartilage to the cricoid cartilage. Synovial joint.

Question 9

What part of the cricoid cartilage is this arrow pointing to?

Answer 9

The arch

Question 10

What part of the cricoid is the arrow pointing to?

Answer 10

The lamina

Question 12

What vertebral level does the hyoid bone sit at?

Answer 12

C3

Question 13

What vertebral level does the upper border of the thyroid cartilage sit at?

Answer 13

C4/5

Question 14

What

Question 15

What verteral level does the cricoid cartilage usually sit at?

Answer 15

C6

Question 16

What level does the isthmus of the thyroid gland sit at?

Answer 16

Tracheal cartilages 2 - 4

Question 17

What is the first palpable spinous process?

Answer 17

C7

Question 18

At what vertebral level does the larynx become the tracjhea and teh pharynx become the oesophagus?

Answer 18

C6