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Which pharyngeal arches do the laryngeal cartilages develop from?

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4, 6

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The laryngotracheal groove/inlet develops the ______ which grow towards the ______ (hypopharyngeal eminence) and form the T-shaped ______.

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  • Arytenoid swellings
  • Tongue
  • Laryngeal inlet
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Which part of the hypopharyngeal eminence does the epiglottis develop from? Which arch is associated?

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  • Caudal part
  • Arch 4
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Which nerve is PA4 innervated by? Which muscles are associated?

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  • CN X (superior laryngeal branch of vagus nerve)
  • Cricothyroid
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Which nerve is PA6 innervated by? Which muscles are associated?

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  • CN X (recurrent laryngeal branch of vagus nerve)
  • Intrinsic laryngeal muscles
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What are the 2 categories of extrinsic larynx muscles?

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  1. Elevators
  2. Depressors
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What are the 4 categories of intrinsic larynx muscles?

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  1. Adductors
  2. Abductors
  3. Pitch/tensor
  4. Epiglottis movers
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What is the clinical importance of laryngeal elevation?

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Decreases risk of aspiration

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What are the 5 laryngeal elevators?

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  1. Digastric (anterior and posterior belly)
  2. Stylohyoid
  3. Mylohyoid
  4. Geniohyoid
  5. Hyoglossus
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Origin/insertion/innervation/action of anterior and posterior belly?

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  • Anterior: mandible / hyoid tendon / CN V (trigeminal)
  • Posterior: mastoid / hyoid tendon / CN VII (facial)
  • Action: pulls hyoid up to help swallow and open mouth
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Origin/insertion/innervation/action of stylohyoid?

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  • Styloid process
  • Hyoid bone
  • CN VII (facial)
  • Action: elevates hyoid
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Origin/insertion/innervation/action of mylohyoid (fan)?

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  • Mandible
  • Hyoid
  • CN V (trigeminal)
  • Opens jaw, elevates hyoid
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Where do the two fans of the mylohyoid meet?

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Median fibrous raphe

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Origin/insertion/innervation/action of geniohyoid?

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  • Mandible
  • Hyoid
  • CN XII (hypoglossal)
  • Opens jaw, elevates hyoid
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What is the “sandwich” that makes the jaw?

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  • Anterior belly
  • Mylohyoid (fan)
  • Geniohyoid (twins)
  • Genioglossus
  • Tongue
    (bottom to top)
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Origin/insertion/innervation/action of hyoglossus?

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  • Hyoid
  • Tongue
  • CN XII (hypoglossal)
  • Depresses tongue or elevates hyoid
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When you say “ah” at the doctor and pull your tongue down flat and low, you are contracting the right and left _____

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Hyoglossus

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What are the 4 laryngeal depressors?

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  1. Omohyoid
  2. Sternohyoid
  3. Thyrohyoid
  4. Sternothyroid
    “three hyoids, one thyroid”
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Origin/insertion/innervation/action of omohyoid?

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  • Scapula
  • Hyoid
  • C1-C3
  • Depresses hyoid, pulls larynx down
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3 parts of omohyoid?

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  1. Inferior belly (o: scapula, i: tendon)
  2. Superior belly (o: tendon, i: hyoid)
  3. Intermediate tendon
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Origin/insertion/innervation/action of sternohyoid?

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  • Manubrium (sternum) + sternoclavicular joint
  • Hyoid
  • C1-C3
  • Depresses hyoid, pulls larynx down
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Origin/insertion/innervation/action of sternothyroid?

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  • Manubrium (sternum)
  • Thyroid cartilage
  • C2-C3
  • Depresses hyoid, pulls larynx down
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Origin/insertion/innervation/action of thyrohyoid?

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  • Thyroid cartilage
  • Hyoid
  • C1
  • Depresses and fixes hyoid and larynx + raises larynx during swallowing
24
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How many extrinsic larynx muscles total?

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How many intrinsic larynx muscles total?
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Why are there more adductors than abductors? (2)
1. Airway protection 2. System is open at rest
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2 parts of thyroarytenoid muscle + origin/insertion/action of each?
1. Thyromuscularis: o = anterior commissure of thyroid cartilage, i = muscular process of arytenoids, action = VF adduction 2. Thyrovocalis: o = anterior commissure of thyroid cartilage, i = vocal process of arytenoids, action = lowers pitch by making VFs less tense (thicker) when NOT counteracted by other muscles / raises pitch by making VFs more tense if counteracted by other muscles
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Origin/insertion/action of cricothyroid?
- Cricoid - Thyroid lamina - Tensor: rotates thyroid cartilage, lengthens VFs (+tension) - Changes pitch (big changes)
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T or F: the thyrovocalis and cricothyroid work opposite of each other
true
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Origin/insertion/action of the 2 parts of the interarytenoid muscle?
1. Oblique fibres: o = arytenoid base, i = opposite arytenoid apex 2. Transverse fibres: o = vertical length of arytenoid, i = vertical length of opposite arytenoid Action: adductors (of arytenoids + VFs)
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Are the oblique and transverse fibers paired or unpaired?
- Oblique = paired - Transverse = unpaired
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Origin/insertion/action of lateral cricoarytenoid (LCA)?
- Cricoid cartilage - Muscular process of arytenoid cartilage - Adductor (pulls muscular process anterolaterally + vocal process comes together, linking VFs)
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Where is the LCA muscle located?
Arch of cricoid cartilage
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Origin/insertion/action of posterior cricoarytenoid (PCA)?
- Cricoid lamina (posterior) - Muscular process of arytenoid cartilage - ONLY VF ABDUCTOR (moves vocal process laterally)
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Origin/insertion/action of thyroepiglottic muscle?
- Thyroid cartilage - Epiglottis + aryepiglottic fold - Widens laryngeal vestibule (no effect on VFs)
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Origin/insertion/action of aryepiglottic muscle?
- Arytenoid apex - Lateral border of epiglottis/aryepliglottic fold - Pulls epiglottis down to close airway
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What is the space b/w the two VFs called? Where are they located in relation to the ventricular folds (false VFs)? What position are they in at rest?
- Glottis - Inferior - Abducted (for breathing)
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5 layers of the VFs?
1. Epithelium (basement membrane = adhesion protein zone) 2. Superficial lamina propria (jelly) 3. Intermediate lamina propria 4. Deep lamina propria 5. Vocalis muscle (stiffest)
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What serves as the transition between the two outer layers of the VFs and the vocalis muscle?
Vocal ligament
40
List what nerves V, VII, X, XII, and C1-C3 innervate?
- 5: mylohyoid, digastric anterior - 7: stylohyoid, digastric posterior - 10: all other laryngeal muscles - 12: geniohyoid, hyoglossus, thyrohyoid - C1-C3: sternohyoid, sternothyroid, omohyoid
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T or F: all larynx intrinsic muscles are innervated by CN XII
False – CN X (vagus)
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3 branches of vagus nerve?
1. Pharyngeal (motor, soft palate) 2. Superior laryngeal (motor, cricothyroid + sensory, epiglottis, tongue, larynx) 3. Recurrent laryngeal nerve (motor, intrisics except cricothyroid + sensory, subglottal structures)

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