Larynx and phonation

Question 1

what is the epiglottis

Answer 1

C6/lower borderr of cricoid cartilage

Question 2

laryngeal skeleton elements (3)

Answer 2

hyoid bone, thyroid cartilage, cricoid cartilage

Question 3

thyroid cartilage elements (3)

Answer 3

superior horn, lamina, inferior horn

Question 4

cricoid cartilage elements (2)

Answer 4

lamina and arch

Question 5

larynx cartilage elements (2)

Answer 5

deficient posteriorly and angle anteriorly

Question 6

arytenoid cartilage elements (4)

Answer 6

superior to cricoid cartilage, muscular process, vocal process, 2 movements

Question 7

larynx elements (7)

Answer 7

epiglottic cartilage, hyoid bone, thyroid membrane, thyroid cartilage, cricothyroid ligament/membrane, cricoid cartilage, arytenoid cartilage

Question 8

vocal ligament elements (3)

Answer 8

vocal process of arytenoid cartilage, angle of thyroid, vocal ligament

Question 9

how do vocal ligaments produce sound

Answer 9

vibrate against each other

Question 10

laryngeal inner elements (7)

Answer 10

epiglottic cartilage, aryepiglottic ligament, quadrangular membrane, vestibular ligament, arytenoid cartilage, vocal ligament, cricoid cartilage

Question 11

laryngeal mucosa elements (5)

Answer 11

epiglottis, aryepiglottic fold, vestibular fold/false vocal cord, ventricle, vocal fold/true vocal cord

Question 12

when do vocal ligaments need to be abducted

Answer 12

breathing

Question 13

when do vocal ligaments need to be adducted

Answer 13

phonation

Question 14

what alters the position of the vocal ligaments

Answer 14

intrinsic laryngeal muscles

Question 15

parts of the vocal ligaments (5)

Answer 15

epiglottis, rima glottis, vocal fold, aryepiglottic fold, vestibular fold

Question 16

intrinisic muscles of the larynx (6)

Answer 16

posterior cricoarythenoid, transverse and oblique arytenoids, lateral cricoarytenoid, cricothyroid, thyroarytenoid, vocalis

Question 17

which intrinsic laryngeal muscle goes to the exterior

Answer 17

cricothyroid

Question 18

what lengthens the vocal folds

Answer 18

cricothyroid

Question 19

what abducts vocal folds

Answer 19

posterior cricothyroid

Question 20

what adducts the vocal folds

Answer 20

lateral cricoarytenoid

Question 21

what closes the rima glottis

Answer 21

transverse and oblique arytenoid

Question 22

what relaxes vocal fold

Answer 22

vocalis and thyroarytenoid

Question 23

what nerve supplies the larynx

Answer 23

vagus CNX

Question 24

what happens if vagus is injured (2)

Answer 24

hoarse voice and stridor

Question 25

noisy breathing

Answer 25

stridor

Question 26

branches off the vagus upplying intrinsic laryngeal muscles (4)

Answer 26

superior laryngeal, external laryngeal, internal laryngeal, recurrent laryngeal

Question 27

what nerve supplies cricothyroid

Answer 27

external laryngeal

Question 28

what nerve supplies sensation to the mucosa

Answer 28

internal laryngeal

Question 29

what supplies the intrinsic muscles except for cricothyroid

Answer 29

recurrent laryngeal

Question 30

what is safer that a tracheotomy for emergency airway

Answer 30

cricothyroid membrane puncture

Question 31

blood supply to the larynx (4)

Answer 31

superior thyroid vessels, superior laryngeal vessels, thyroid gland, inferior thyroid vein

Question 32

what nerve runs with the superior laryngeal vessels

Answer 32

internal laryngeal nerve

Question 33

what needs to be navigated in intubation (8)

Answer 33

teeth, tongue, epiglottis, laryngeal inlet, vestibular fold, thyroid cartilage, vocal fold, cricoid cartilage