Upper RT Flashcards
(O) Cricothyroid
side of cricoid cartilage
(I) Cricothyroid
Lower border and inferior cornu of thyroid cartilage
(A) Cricothyroid
Tenses vocal cords
(O) Posterior cricoarytenoid
back of cricoid cartilage
(I) Posterior cricoarytenoid
muscular process of arytenoid cartilage
(A) Posterior cricoarytenoid
abducts vocal cords by rotating arytenoid cartilage
(O) Lateral cricoarytenoid
upper border of cricoid cartilage
(A) Lateral cricoarytenoid
adducts the vocal cords by rotating arytenoid cartilage
(I) Lateral cricoarytenoid
muscular process of arytenoid cartilage
(O) Thyroarytenoid
inner surface of thyroid cartilage
(I) Thyroarytenoid
arytenoid cartilage
(A) Thyroarytenoid
relaxes vocal ligament
(O) Oblique arytenoid
muscular process of arytenoid cartilage
(I) Oblique arytenoid
apex of opposite arytenoid cartilage
(A) Oblique arytenoid
narrows the inlet by bringing the aryepiglottic folds together