Test 4 - anatomy Flashcards
Name the anatomical features
Where is the cricothyroid joint? What does it allow for? What does it stretch?
forward rotation of the thyroid cartilage which stretches the vocal cords
Where is the cricoarytenoid joint?
between the base of the arytenoid cartilage and the upper surface of the cricoid cartilage
What is location of this cut?
Name the muscles
Name the nerves
Name the structures
What is the fucntion of Transverse arytenoid?
closes the rima glottis
What is the fucntion of posterior cricoarytenoid?
opens rima glottis
What is the fucntion of lateral cricoarytenoid?
closes rima glottis
What is the fucntion of thyroarytenoid?
shortens and relaxes tension on vocal cords
What is the fucntion of vocalis?
stiffens vocal cord
What is the fucntion of cricothyroid?
forward rotation of thyroid cartilage, lengthen and tense vocal cords
What nerve innervates ALL muscles of the larynx except the cricothyroid muscle?
The recurrent laryngeal nerve
Is this a right or left lung?
right lung because the pulmonary artery and bronchi are NOT stacked