Larynx

Question 1

Functions of Larynx

Answer 1

Part of air passages
Sphincter- no food/ drink to pharynx
Sound production

Question 2

Location of Larynx

Answer 2

in front of C4- C6

Question 3

Unpaired Cartilages

Answer 3

Thyroid, Cricoid, Epiglottis

Question 4

Paired Cartilages

Answer 4

Arytenoid, Corniculate, Cuneiform

Question 5

Laryngeal Prominence

Answer 5

Thyroid Cartilage
fusion of 2 laminae at midline
Adam’s Apple

Question 6

Inferior Horns of Thyroid Cartilage

Answer 6

articulate with cricoid cartilage

Question 7

Oblique Line

Answer 7

attachment of sternothyroid, thyrohyoid, inferior pharyngeal constrictor

Question 8

Shape of Cricoid Cartilage

Answer 8

Signet Ring

Question 9

Small Articular Facet of Cricoid Cartilage

Answer 9

articulates with inferior horn of thyroid cartilage

Question 10

Cricotracheal Ligament

Answer 10

connects cricoid cartilage to first tracheal cartilage

Question 11

Hyoepiglottic Ligament

Answer 11

attaches epiglottis to hyoid

Question 12

2 Pyramidal Cartilages

Arytenoid Cartilage

Answer 12

on each side of cricoid lamina

Question 13

Vocal Process

Arytenoid Cartilage

Answer 13

attachment to vocal ligament

Question 14

Muscular Process

Arytenoid Cartilage

Answer 14

attachment to posterior and lateral cricoarytenoid mm