Laryngeal Cartilages
This cartilage is the largest in the larynx and its prominence is commonly referred to as the "adam's apple"
Thyroid cartilage
This is the only muscle responsible for vocal fold adduction, and it comes with a helpful acronym
Posterior Cricoarytenoid
This law of physics tells us that pressure and volume are inversely related
Boyle's Law
This is the tenth cranial nerve that supplies the branches that innervate the larynx and vocal tract
Vagus nerve
This criteria of the CAPE-V occurs when the vocal folds do not fully adduct.
Breathiness
This cartilage's shape is often compared to a signet ring. It sits directly on top of the trachea.
Cricoid cartilage
This muscle forms the body of the vocal folds.
Thyroarytenoid
The external and internal intercostal muscles attach to this structure.
The rib cage
Disruption to this branch of the vagus nerve might not affect the function of the vocal folds, but it will make you sound funny
Pharyngeal nerve
This is the minimum amount of subglottal pressure necessary to begin phonation
Phonation Threshold Pressure
These paired cartilages have a pyramidal shape, and their complex joint allows them to both slide and rotate.
Arytenoid cartilages
This muscle is responsible for anterior vocal fold adduction
Lateral Cricoarytenoid
The vena cava, the aorta, and the esophagus pass through this primary muscle of inhalation.
Diaphragm
This branch of the vagus nerve is so named because it descends past the larynx first before looping back up under the aorta.
Recurrent Laryngeal nerve
These two layers of the vocal folds comprise the vocal ligament.
ILLP and DLLP
This laryngeal structure is not a cartilage, but it is one of the only floating bones in the human body.
Hyoid bone
This muscle that adducts the posterior portion of the vocal folds has both transverse and oblique fibers
Interarytenoid
This phenomenon adheres the lungs to the chest wall. It's disruption results in a pneumothorax.
Pleural linkage
This nerve that innervates only one of the intrinsic laryngeal muscles is often damaged during thyroid gland surgery.
Superior Laryngeal nerve
This principle of physics explains both aviation and vocal fold vibration.
The Bernoulli principle
These seemingly superfluous cartilages are embedded in the aryepiglottic folds and share a name with the earliest known form of written language.
Cuneiform cartilages
This muscle functions most when producing high-pitched sounds.
Cricothyroid
This lung capacity can be expressed as ERV + RV
Functional residual capacity
This diagnostic test is used to determine if a muscle is paralyzed.
Laryngeal EMG
This term describes the extent of lateral movement of the mucosal wave. It is also a term used to describe sound waves.
Amplitude