- What is the larynx?
- Where can we find the larynx? It extends from what vertebrae to what vertebrae?
- State four functions of the larynx
- What does the larynx communicate with above and below?
- What is the larynx formed by? What is it joined together by?
- What is the larynx suspended by from above?
- What attaches the larynx to the trachea?
- The larynx is highly ….. In the neck. Elaborate.
- What allows it to be highly mobile?
- What do the movements of the larynx facilitate during swallowing?
- What does the skeleton of the larynx consist of?
- What happens to the cartilages in the elderly?
- How many cartilages are there in total? What are they divided into?
- Describe the size of paired & unpaired cartilages.
- What is the largest cartilage?
- What type of cartilage is the thyroid cartilage?
- Where does the thyroid cartilage lie?
- What is the thyroid cartilage composed of? What do they form?
- What is the angle between the two lamina?
- Where is the notch in the thyroid cartilage located? What is it called?
- What parts of the thyroid cartilage are palpable landmarks?
- What two notches are present in the thyroid cartilage?
- What do the posterior borders of the lamina form?
- What do the inferior horns articulate with?
- What are the lateral surfaces of the lamina marked?
- What does the oblique line provide?
- What connects the thyroid cartilage to the hyoid bone?
- What does the thyrohyoid membrane allow?
- What is the most inferior (foundation) of the larynx?
- What level is the cricoid cartilage located?
- Cricoid cartilage is considered to be the only …. In the … respiratory system.
- What articulates with the cricoid?
- What is the cricoid cartilage shaped like?
- What is the posterior part of the cricoid cartilage?
- What is the anterior part of the cricoid cartilage?
- What is the palpable part of the cricoid cartilage?
- What does the cricoid cartilage have on each side? What is it for?
- What is the epiglottis?
- Where does the epiglottis project? Goes beyond what?
- Where is the epiglottis situated?
- What attaches the epiglottis to the thyroid cartilage?
- What attaches the epiglottis to the hyoid bone?
- What is the function of the posterior surface of the epiglottis?
- State the three paired cartilages/
- Where can we find the larynx? It extends from what vertebrae to what vertebrae?
- State four functions of the larynx
- What does the larynx communicate with above and below?
- What is the larynx formed by? What is it joined together by?
- What is the larynx suspended by from above?
- What attaches the larynx to the trachea?
- The larynx is highly ….. In the neck. Elaborate.
- What allows it to be highly mobile?
- What do the movements of the larynx facilitate during swallowing?
- What does the skeleton of the larynx consist of?
- What happens to the cartilages in the elderly?
- How many cartilages are there in total? What are they divided into?
- Describe the size of paired & unpaired cartilages.
- What is the largest cartilage?
- What type of cartilage is the thyroid cartilage?
- Where does the thyroid cartilage lie?
- What is the thyroid cartilage composed of? What do they form?
- What is the angle between the two lamina?
- Where is the notch in the thyroid cartilage located? What is it called?
- What parts of the thyroid cartilage are palpable landmarks?
- What two notches are present in the thyroid cartilage?
- What do the posterior borders of the lamina form?
- What do the inferior horns articulate with?
- What are the lateral surfaces of the lamina marked?
- What does the oblique line provide?
- What connects the thyroid cartilage to the hyoid bone?
- What does the thyrohyoid membrane allow?
- What is the most inferior (foundation) of the larynx?
- What level is the cricoid cartilage located?
- Cricoid cartilage is considered to be the only …. In the … respiratory system.
- What articulates with the cricoid?
- What is the cricoid cartilage shaped like?
- What is the posterior part of the cricoid cartilage?
- What is the anterior part of the cricoid cartilage?
- What is the palpable part of the cricoid cartilage?
- What does the cricoid cartilage have on each side? What is it for?
- What is the epiglottis?
- Where does the epiglottis project? Goes beyond what?
- Where is the epiglottis situated?
- What attaches the epiglottis to the thyroid cartilage?
- What attaches the epiglottis to the hyoid bone?
- What is the function of the posterior surface of the epiglottis?
- State the three paired cartilages/
