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Larynx

Type
Organ
Japanese
喉頭
Reading
こうとう
English
Larynx
Latin
Larynx
Main functions
Phonation / Respiration / Protection / Swallowing

Connections

Nerve supply

  • Vagus nerve

Connects

  • Pharynx
  • Trachea and bronchi

Includes

  • Arytenoid cartilage
  • Conus elasticus
  • Cricoid cartilage
  • Cricothyroid ligament
  • Epiglottis
  • Hyoepiglottic ligament
  • Intrinsic muscles of the larynx
  • Quadrangular membrane
  • Thyroepiglottic ligament
  • Thyrohyoid membrane
  • Thyroid cartilage

Articles

  • Larynx: cartilages, vocal folds and how the voice is produced

Also mentioned in

  • Pharyngeal constrictors: where they are and how they move food
  • 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
  • Sternohyoid: origin, insertion, action and ansa cervicalis
  • Thyrohyoid muscle: origin, insertion, action and C1 supply
  • Thyroepiglottic ligament: position and role in swallowing
  • What is the median cricothyroid ligament? Position and function of the ligament joining the cricoid and thyroid cartilages
  • Hyoepiglottic Ligament: Location, Function and How to Study It
  • Cricothyroid ligament: position, structure and conus elasticus
  • Quadrangular membrane: position, vestibular ligament, conus elasticus
  • Pharynx: its three parts, functions, muscles and nerves

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