Larynx: Cartilage, Ligaments, Membranes Flashcards
Biologic Functions of the Larynx:
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2.
3.
- Prevent air from escaping
- Prevent objects from entering airway
- Expel threatening objects from larynx and airway
Non-Biologic Function of the Larynx:
1.
- Sound generator
Hyoid Bone Landmarks:
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2.
3.
- Body/Corpus
- Greater Cornua
- Lesser Cornua
Hyoid Bone Shape:
Letter “U” shaped floating structure
Hyoid bone moves ____1____, which causes _____2_____ and is important for ____3____.
- up and down
- changes to voice quality
- safe swallowing.
Hyoid bone is point of attachment for ___________.
At least 6 muscles
Thyroid Cartilage Landmarks: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
- Superior Cornua
- Inferior Cornua
- Oblique Line
- Thyroid Angle- where left and right lamina meet
- Lamina- large sections of thyroid cartilage
- Thyroid Notch- dip between two lamina, above thyroid angle
Thyroid Cartilage Shape:
Shield-Like, largest cartilage in Larynx
Cricoid Cartilage Landmarks: 1. 2. 3. 4.
- Anterior Arch- curved front portion
- Lamina- two”plate-like” sides
- Facets- four places of attachment, 2 on superior surface for arytenoids and 2 on lateral surface for thyroid
- Posterior Quadrate Lamina
Cricoid Cartilage Shape:
Signet shaped “class ring”
Cricoid Cartilage Location:
Most inferior cartilage of larynx, below thyroid cartilage and superior to trachea
Arytenoid Cartilage Landmarks: 1. 2. 3. 4.
- Apex
- Base
- Processes- two muscular and two vocal processes
- Three surfaces, pyramid-shaped
Arytenoid Cartilage Shape:
Pyramid-like
Arytenoid Cartilage Location:
Sits on surface of Cricoid Cartilage
Corniculate Cartilage Location:
One on the apex of each Arytenoid
Epiglottis Location:
Attaches to inner thyroid at the thyroid angle
Epiglottis Shape:
Large, Leaf-Like piece of cartilage
Epiglottis Function:
As larynx elevates in neck, epiglottis flips down to channel food into esophagus.
Cuneiform Cartilage Location:
Two cuneiform cartilages located in Aryepiglottic fold
Aryepiglottic Fold:
Fold of tissues running from arytenoids to epiglottis
Laryngeal Joints:
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2.
- Cricoarytenoid Joint
2. Cricothyroid Joint