Deck 3 Flashcards
(10 cards)
What is the space between the vocal folds called
Intraglottic space
glottic space
Which cartilage is composed of elastic cartilage and does not ossify or harden with age
Epiglottis
Which muscle helps in the abduction of the vocal folds
Posterior Cricoarytenoid
- Sole abductor of the vocal folds
What are the two divisions of the thyroarytenoid muscle
Thyrovocalis and thyromuscularis
The cricothyroid and cricoarytenoid are both what type of joints
Synovial
What is the paired cartilage that does not articulate with other cartilages but are embedded in the muscular complex superior to corniculates
Cuneiform
The pars recta and pars oblique are two subdivisions in which muscle
Cricothyroid
The larynx is innervated by which nerve
vagus
Which of the infra hyoid muscles brings the thyroid cartilage and the hyoid bone closer together
Thyrohyoid
The interarytenoid muscles attach which cartilages
Right and left arytenoid cartilages
