Terms Lab 23 (complete)

Question 1

epiglottic cartliage

Answer 1

First cartilage of the larynx

Question 2

thyroid cartilage

Answer 2

Second cartilage of the larynx; large “shield” shape; can be reflected to see small muscles of the larynx

Question 3

cricoid cartilage

Answer 3

Fourth and last cartilage of the larynx; next to the trachea; attachment point for several small muscles

Question 4

cricothyroid ligament

Answer 4

Tiny ligament located on the ventral side

Question 5

arytenoid cartilage

Answer 5

Third cartilage of the larynx; rino shape

Question 6

vocal process

Answer 6

Caudalventral projection on the arytenoid cartilage; attachment point for a ligament

Question 7

laryngeal ventricle

Answer 7

NOT in cat; evagination in the mucosa inside the larynx

Question 8

glottis

Answer 8

Includes the vocal fold/ridge and the vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage

Question 9

vocal fold

Answer 9

DOG only; attachment between the vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage and thyroid cartilage

Question 10

vocal ridge

Answer 10

Cat only; analogous to the dog’s vocal fold

Question 11

cricothyroid muscle

Answer 11

Small muscle located on the lateroventral aspect of the cricoid cartilage; can be seen without the removal of thyroid cartilage

Question 12

cricoarytenoideus dorsalis muscle

Answer 12

Large muscle located on the dorsal aspect of the cricoid cartilage; can be seen without the removal of thyroid cartilage

Question 13

cricoarytenoideus lateralis muscle

Answer 13

Small muscle located on the lateral aspect of the cricoid cartilage; can only be seen after the removal of the thyroid cartilage

Question 14

thyroarytenoideus muscle

Answer 14

Large muscle located on the lateral side of the arytenoid cartilage; larger ventrally and smaller dorsally; can only be seen with the removal of the thyroid cartilage

Question 15

vocalis muscle

Answer 15

Small muscle deep to the thyroarytenoideus muscle

Question 16

auricle

Answer 16

External ear

Question 17

pinna

Answer 17

External ear

Question 18

auricular cartilage

Answer 18

External ear cartilage

Question 19

marginal cutaneous sac

Answer 19

Small fold of skin that forms a pocket on the caudolateral border

Question 20

annular cartilage

Answer 20

Cartilage that unites the auricular cartilage and the boney external acustic meatus

Question 21

temporalis muscle

Answer 21

Large flat muscle that covers temporal bone

Question 22

masseter muscle

Answer 22

Large round muscle located on the “cheek”

Question 23

medial & lateral pterygoid muscle

Answer 23

Muscles with thick aponerosis located deep to the ramus of the mandible

Question 24

digastricus muscle

Answer 24

Longitudinal muscle located on the caudoventral mandible; partly deep to the masseter muscle

Question 25

zygomatic salivary gland

Answer 25

Deep to the rostral part of the zygomatic arch; superficial to the pterygoid muscles

Question 26

styloglossus muscle

Answer 26

Extrinsic tongue muscle; located just ventral to the root of the tongue

Question 27

hyoglossus muscle

Answer 27

Extrinsic tongue muscle; located ventral to the styloglossus muscle near the root of the

Question 28

genioglossus muscle

Answer 28

Extrinsic tongue muscle; large longitudinal muscle that runs ventral to the body of the tongue

Question 29

sternohyoideus

Answer 29

Large “strap” muscle that runs along the ventral aspect of the neck

Question 30

thyrohyoideus

Answer 30

Smaller “strap” muscle that runs along the ventrolateral aspect of the neck; travels rostrally from the hyoid bones; superficial to the larynx

Question 31

mylohyoideus

Answer 31

Muscle that lies ventral to the digastricus muscle; ventral to the caudal mandible; triangle-shaped

Question 32

geniohyoideus

Answer 32

Large longitudinal muscle that follows the arch of the tongue; located ventral to the tongue and the genioglossus muscle