Muscles/Structures Flashcards
1
Q
What muscles stick the tongue out and flatten it?
A
stick out: genioglossus
flatten: vertical intrinsic muscle?
2
Q
Intrinsic structures (2) that help laryngeal…closure?
A
true VF and epiglottis
3
Q
which muscle opposes transverse and oblique arytenoid?
A
Posterior cricoarytenoid (PCA), which abducts vocal folds.
4
Q
VF adduction muscles (5)
A
lateral cricoarytenoid
transverse arytenoid
oblique arytenoid
thyroarytenoid
cricothyoid
5
Q
VF abduction muscle
A
posterior cricoid arytenoid
6
Q
muscles that raise larynx (TOSS)
A
Thyrohyoid
omohyoid
sternohyoid
sternothyroid
7
Q
muscles that lower the larynx (MGSD)
A
mylohyoid
geniohyoid
stylohyoid
digastric
8
Q
What VF muscle changes pitch?
A
cricothyroid
