Week 5 Quiz Flashcards
The stylohyoid and diagastric muscles are involved in _______ the larynx.
raising
Which laryngeal cartilage has two long horns extending upwards, and two short horns extending downwards?
Thyroid
Which joint is encircled by the anterior, lateral and posterior ceratocricoid ligaments?
Cricothyroid joint
The cricoarytenoid joint allows _______ and _______ movement.
Rocking, sliding
Which structure has both vocal processes and muscular processes?
Arytenoid
The vocal folds connect to the ______ at the back and the _______ at the front
arytenoid, thyroid
What are the false vocal folds also known as?
Vestibular Folds and Ventricular Folds
The vocal folds are stretched using which muscle?
Cricothyroid
Which muscles are involved in the adducting of the vocal folds?
Transverse Arytenoid Muscle, Oblique Arytenoid Muscle and Lateral Cricroarytenoid
Which muscle relaxes and shortens the vocal folds?
Thyroarytenoid
Which muscle can rotate the arytenoids, separating the vocal folds?
Posterior cricoarytenoid
What is the Laryngeal Inlet?
The point where the pharynx opens into the larynx.
