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The Larynx
Commonly called the "voice box" A tube shaped structure comprised of a complex system of
Suspended from the hyoid bone The framework of the larynx is composed of three unpaired and three paired cartilages.
Paired
Arytenoid Corniculate
Epiglottis
Cuneiform
Thyrohyoid Membrane A broad, fibro-elastic layer Connects the thyroid cartilage to the hyoid bone Facilitates the upward movement of the larynx during deglutition.
Cricothyroid Membrane Connects the cricoid to the front parts of the thyroid cartilage. Mainly avascular.
Hyoepiglottic Ligament
Cricotracheal Ligament
Thyroepiglottic Ligament
Connects the stem of the epiglottis with the angle of the thyroid cartilage
The Larynx
Thyrohyoid membrane Adams apple Lamina of Thyroid c. Corniculate Arytenoid C.
Cricothyroid membrane
Cricoid cartilage
Vocal Ligament
Thickening of the upper margin of the cricothyroid membrane Extends between the inner surface of the thyroid cartilage and the vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage
Thyrohyoid membrane
Vocal ligament
Lined by ciliated columnar epithelium except on the vocal folds it is covered with stratified squamous epithelium
Intrinsic
Suprahyoid Infrahyoid
Divided into
Muscles controlling the laryngeal inlet Muscles controlling the movements of the vocal cords
All intrinsic muscles are paired except the interarytenoid (transverse arytenoid). All intrinsic muscles innervated by the recurrent laryngeal n. except cricothyroid supplied by external laryngeal n.
Include
Interarytenoid (transverse arytenoid) Lateral cricoarytenoid Posterior cricoarytenoid Cricothyroid Thyroarytenoid (true vocal cord) muscles.
Cuneiform cartilage False vocal cord True vocal cord Rima glottidis Corniculate cartilage
Above the vocal cord Internal laryngeal n Below the vocal cord Recurrent laryngeal n. All intrinsic muscles innervated by the recurrent laryngeal n. except cricothyroid supplied by external laryngeal n.
Motor
Above the vocal cord superior laryngeal branch of the superior thyroid artery Below the vocal cord - inferior laryngeal branch of the inferior thyroid artery