respiration provides
energy
phonation provides
the voice
an unpaired, musculocartilaginous structure located at midline
larynx
the larynx is situated between the
hyoid bone and trachea
larynx is adjacent to __ in adults
C4-C6
thoracic fixation. . .
prevents air from escaping lungs
First biological function of the larynx
thoracic fixation
second biological function of larynx
prevents foreign substances from entering trachea
third biological function of larynx
forcefully expels foreign substances (aka coughing)
what is NOT a biological function the the larynx
speaking
speech is
an overlaid function
most inferior of laryngeal cartilages
cricoid
largest of laryngeal cartilages; articulates with cricoid by means of cricothyroid joint
thyroid
sit atop cricoid
arytenoid cartilages
sit atop arytenoids
corniculates
embedded in aryepiglottic folds
cuneiform
between superior thyroid horns and hyoid bone
lateral thyrohyoid ligament
thicker medial portion
median thyrohyoid ligament
small nodule embedded in lateral thyrohyoid ligament
triticeal cartilage
point of attachment to the tongue
gloss
attaches epiglottis to inner thyroid cartilage
thyroepiglottic ligament
connects lower border of cricoid with upper border of first tracheal ring
cricotracheal ligament
upper portion of intrinsic membranes
quadrangular membrane and aryepiglottic folds
lower portion of intrinsic membranes
conus elasticus and vocal ligmment
superior margins of quadrangular membranes
aryepiglottic folds
___ cartilages are embedded within aryepiglottic folds
cuneiform
deep depression lateral to aditus laryngis
pyriform sinus
midline structure extending from superior border of cricoid arch to inferior border of thyroid at the angle
medial/anterior cricothyroid ligament
thinner, superior border of cricoid. Course superiorly and laterally, extending from vocal processes to angle of thyroid; free, thickened margins are vocal ligaments
lateral cricothyroid membranes
vocal ligaments have common point of attachment on thyroid
macula flava anterior
vocal folds have __ layers
5
deepest of the vocal fold layers
muscle
first layer of vocal folds (most superficial)
squamous epithelium
second layer of vocal folds
superficial lamina propria
third layer of vocal folds
intermediate lamina propria
fourth layer of vocal folds
deep lamina propria
fifth layer of vocal folds
thyroarytenoid muscle
intermediate lamina propria and deep lamina propria combine to make the ____
vocal ligament
medial muscle of the thyroarytenoid
thyrovocalis
lateral muscle of the thyroarytenoid
thyromuscularis