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respiratory tract
(watchdog of lungs)
Voice production
(voice box)
Location: opposite
to C3
C! vertebra
C3
C6
Mucosal lining
Cartilages
Intrinsic muscles
Extrinsic muscles
Ligaments and membranes
Three unpaired
"hyroid
Cricoid
Epiglottis
Three pairedcartilages
#rytenoid
Cuneifor$
Corniculate
Vestibular and
vocal folds divide
cavity into 3
parts%
Vestibule
Sinus or
ventricle of
larnx
Infraglottic part
Vestibule
Infraglottic
Part
Rima
glottis
Rima
glottis
T!o groups of larngeal muscle
a" Extrinsic and
b" Instrinsic
Suprahoid group # raise the larnx
stylohyoid&
$ylohyoid&
geniohyoid
digastric
Infrahoid group # lo!er the hoid bone
and larnx
sternothyroid
sternohyoid
thyrohyoid
o$ohyoid
a" Muscles that open or close larngeal inlet
"hyroepiclotticus (pen
#reyepiglotticus Close
Vocalis "ense
Thyroepiclotticus - Open
Areyepiglotticus - Close
Thyroarytenoid - Relax
Cricothyroid - Tense