the superior-most cavity of the larynx; entrance to the larynx
What is the laryngeal vestibule?
100
another name for the vocal folds
What are the vocal cords?
100
the only intrinsic laryngeal muscle that abducts the true vocal folds
What is the posterior cricoarytenoid muscle?
100
another name for the infrahyoid muscles
What are the strap muscles?
200
the ring-shaped laryngeal cartilage resting on top of the trachea
What is the cricoid cartilage?
200
the space between the true vocal folds and false vocal folds
What is the laryngeal ventricle?
200
the intrinsic laryngeal muscle that tenses the true vocal folds and has two heads: the pars recta and pars oblique
What is the cricothyroid muscle?
200
a bone where the infrahyoid muscles and suprahyoid muscles attach
What is the hyoid bone?
300
The small cartilages embedded within the aryepiglottic folds
What are the cuneiform cartilages?
300
the space between the true vocal folds
What is the glottis?
300
the number of layers in the true vocal folds
What is the number 5?
300
the muscle lateral to the thyrovocalis; it originates on the inner surface of the thyroid notch and courses posteriorly to insert into the muscular process of the arytenoid cartilage
What is the thyromuscularis muscle?
400
A leaf-shaped cartilage that protects the laryngeal vestibule (entrance to the larynx) during swallowing and from foreign objects
What is the epiglottis?
400
the space formed by the tongue anteriorly and the epiglottis posteriorly (hint: these are "little valleys")
What are the valleculae?
400
the name given to the structure that is composed of these two layers in the true vocal folds: the intermediate lamina propria and the deep lamina propria
What is the vocal ligament?
400
the muscle that attaches to the cricoid cartilage and to the muscular process of the arytenoid cartilage
What is the lateral cricoarytenoid muscle?
400
This suprahyoid muscle elevates the larynx; its anterior belly moves the hyoid up and forward while its posterior belly moves the hyoid up and back
What is the digastricus muscle?
500
cartilages on the superior surface of the arytenoids
What are the corniculate cartilages?
500
the space between the false vocal folds
What are the rima vestibuli?
500
the muscle of the true vocal folds composed of the thyrovocalis and thyromuscularis
What is the thyroarytenoid muscle?
500
these three muscles adduct (close) the true vocal folds
What are the lateral cricoarytenoid muscle, transverse arytenoid, and oblique arytenoid?
500
This fan-like muscle elevates the hyoid bone and larynx and forms the floor of the oral cavity