Phonation Flashcards
True vocal cords + anterior and posterior commissure
Glottis
Region of the larynx above the true vocal folds up to tip of epiglottis
Supraglottis
Region of larynx fromlower limit of glottis to lower margin of cricoid
Subglottis
Manifestation of mass in glottis
Hoarseness, glottis cant vibrate
Manifestation of mass in supraglottis
Swallowing is affected
Manifestation of mass in subglottis
Breathing is affected
Narrowest portion of the airway
Cricoid cartilage
Area of larynx with little to no lymph nodes.
Glottis
Motor innervation of cricothyroid?
Superior laryngeal nerve
Action of thyroarytenoid
Adductor, tensor
All laryngeal muscles adduct except?
Posterior cricoarytenoid
Innervates the tracheoesophageal mucosa and tracheal smooth muscle
Nerve of galen
Most important function of the larynx
Protection
What nerve stimulates laryngeal adduction
Superior laryngeal
Three muscles involved in laryngeal adduction
Aryepiglottic folds, false vocal cords, true vocal cords