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Arytenoid cartilage

Type
Cartilage
Japanese
披裂軟骨
Reading
ひれつなんこつ
English
Arytenoid cartilage
Latin
Cartilago arytenoidea
Main functions
Phonation

Connections

Part of

  • Larynx

Articulates with

  • Cricoid cartilage

Muscles arising here

  • Aryepiglottic muscle
  • Oblique arytenoid
  • Transverse arytenoid

Connected by

  • Conus elasticus
  • Cricoarytenoid ligament
  • Quadrangular membrane
  • Vestibular ligament
  • Vocal ligament

Muscles inserting here

  • Lateral cricoarytenoid
  • Oblique arytenoid
  • Posterior cricoarytenoid
  • Thyroarytenoid
  • Transverse arytenoid
  • Vocalis

Articles

A dedicated article on this structure is in preparation.

Also mentioned in

  • Lateral and posterior cricoarytenoid: closing and opening the glottis
  • Oblique arytenoid muscle: X-shaped course, action and nerve
  • Aryepiglottic muscle: position, action and nerve supply
  • Cricothyroid ligament: position, structure and conus elasticus
  • Quadrangular membrane: position, vestibular ligament, conus elasticus
  • Transverse arytenoid muscle: location, action and nerve in 3D
  • Thyroepiglottic and thyroarytenoid muscles: position and function
  • Vocal ligament: position and role in voice production
  • What is the vestibular ligament? Position and function of the laryngeal ligament forming the lower edge of the quadrangular membrane
  • Cricoarytenoid ligament: position, role and related muscles
  • Larynx: cartilages, vocal folds and how the voice is produced

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