Mod3Q2

Question 1

trachea

Answer 1

passageway from pharynx to bronchi

Question 2

cricoid cartilage

Answer 2

a complete ring resting atop trachea; most inferior of laryngeal cartilages

Question 3

thyroid cartilage

Answer 3

largest laryngeal cartilage, articulates with cricoid

Question 4

arytenoid cartilage

Answer 4

posterior point of attachment of vocal folds, rest on upper surface of cricoid

Question 5

corniculate cartilage

Answer 5

ride upper surface of arytenoids

Question 6

cuneiform cartilage

Answer 6

small cartilages embedded within aryepiglottic folds

Question 7

hyoid bone

Answer 7

supports tongue, union between tongue and larynx

Question 8

epiglottis

Answer 8

closes off airway during swallowing

Question 9

orifice

Answer 9

an opening

Question 10

Which cartilages are paired?

Answer 10

arytenoids, corniculates, cuneiforms

Question 11

Which cartilages are unpaired?

Answer 11

cricoid, thyroid

Question 12

cricothyroid joint

Answer 12

thyroid cartilage rocks forward and back

Question 13

cricoarytenoid joint

Answer 13

allows for rotation and gliding motion; controls vocal cords