Function
This process describes the vibration of the vocal folds as air passes between the space between your vocal folds also known as the glottis.
What is phonation?
The largest of the cartilages in the laryngeal structure, this cartilage stabalizes and protects. the deeper parts of the larynx It’s two flat plates that form an apex into a V.
What is thyroid cartilage?
The epiglottis, attached at its base to the thyroid cartilage, is shaped to fold over and block unwanted objects from its airway.
What is leaf?
The vocal folds, organs of the larynx, are commonly talked about but often misunderstood and contain two of this kind of muscle which aids in the shortening and thickening of the folds.
What are thyroarytenoids?
The stylohyoid, an elevator, originates from this place and runs parallel to the posterior digastric where it inserts in the hyoid.
What is the styloid process?
To fully experience the vocal folds agility such as stretching, thickening, and thinning this must be applied.
What is pressure?
Like the lid of a box, this flexible cartilage stands upright and has the ability to fold over and protect foreign objects from airway flow.
What is epoglottis?
The only bone of the laryngeal structure, The Hyoid, is shaped to be a link to the Jaw, Base of skull, tongue, and floor of mouth.
What is horseshoe?
This fan-shaped muscle whose primary purpose is to elongate or stretch the vocal fold is important in determining pitch.
What is cricothyroid?
The cricoid cartilage is located posteriorly to this large shield shaped cartilage and anteriorly to the tracheal/trachea cartilages.
What is thyroid cartilage?
The thyroid and cricoid cartilages are composed of hyaline, a firm substance that helps the laryngeal system in this general function.
What is protection?
This cartilage containing hyaline prevents instability of the trachea and contains muscles that elongate the vocal folds.
What is cricoid cartilage?
The Thyroid Cartilage that forms an anterior apex commonly known as the Adam’s Apple, forms a large shape extending to the cricoid cartilage to allow a back and forth motion.
What is shield?
This extrinsic muscle acts as an elevator by bringing the hyoid bone closer to the molar region of the mouth. This muscle gets its name from its Greek origin word meaning “molar.”
What is mylohyoid?
The tyroarytenoid muscle(s) which occupy most of the vocal fold are named for their origin and insertion in these locations. The space between these muscles is called the glottis.
What is originates in thyroid and inserts in arytenoids?
During the respiration cycle, the vocal folds perform this action to allow free airflow into and out of your trachea to/from your lungs.
What is abduction?
Each separate cartilage of this pair contains three processes: muscular processes that open and close the vocal folds, vocal processes that attach to the vocal folds, and the corniculate cartilage.
What are arytenoid cartilages?
These paired cartilages, the Arytenoids, contain vocal processes that are the point of attachment for the vocal folds and the corniculate cartilage at the top of their shape.
What are pyramids/triangles?
This extrinsic muscle acts as the primary depressor and is a pair. Its name stems from its origin in the sternum and insertion into the thyroid cartilage.
What is sternohyoid?
This very flexible, leaf-shaped cartilage is attached to the thyroid cartilage at its base. This cartilage’s primary function is to protect the airway during swallowing.
What is epiglottis?
To protect and/or eliminate your airways of foreign objects, this forceful process will occur involving the abrasive adduction of the vocal folds.
What is coughing?
These elastic, wedged shaped pair of cartilages help form the entrance of the larynx and are in the ary-epiglottic folds.
What are cuneiform cartilages?
With a bigger posterior, The Cricoid Cartilage sits on the uppermost ring of the trachea and has facets for the arytenoid and thyroid.
What is signet ring? (The only complete ring of the structure!)
In the larynx we observe four muscles responsible for the adduction and abduction of the folds. The posterior cricoarytenoid is singularly responsible for ABBduction. Name the three muscles responsible for ADDuction.
What are lateral cricoarytenoid, transverse arytenoid, and oblique arytenoid?
The arytenoid cartilages, a pair of pyramid-shaped cartilages, are joined with this signet ring shaped cartilage at their base, and connect to the vocal ligament in the anterior.
What is cricoid cartilage?