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21 Cards in this Set
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What is the space between the laryngeal inlet and the vestibular folds?
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The Vestibule
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What are the superior and inferior boundaries of the middle part of the Larynx?
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It is very thin:
between the Vestibular Folds (false vocal folds) superiorly, and the Vocal Folds inferiorly. |
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What is the space inferior to the Vocal Folds called?
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The Infraglottic Space
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What is the name of the cartilage indicated by the white arrow?
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The Thyroid Cartilage.
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What is the point on the Thyroid Cartilage indicated by the white arrow called?
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The Laryngeal Prominence.
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What is the name of the cartilage indicated by the white arrow?
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The Cricoid Cartilage
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What is the name of the cartilage indicated by the white arrow?
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The Arytenoid Cartilage
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What is the space between the Vocal Folds called?
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Rima Glottidis
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What is the structure indicated by the white arrows?
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The Epiglottis
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What is the space indicated by the white arrows called?
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The Vestibule
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What structure is indicated by the white arrow?
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The Quadrangular Membrane
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What are the structures indicated by the white arrows?
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The Vocal Folds.
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What structure is indicated by the white arrow?
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The Vestibular Folds (or False Vocal Folds).
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What is the space between the Vocal Folds and the Vestibular Folds called?
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The Ventricle of the Larynx.
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What is reflexively closed if a foreign object becomes trapped superior t the Vestibule of the Larynx?
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The Rima Glottidis, the triangular opening between the two Vocal Folds.
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What cranial nerve supplies all of the efferent innervation of the intrinsic muscles of the Larynx?
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The Vagus (CN X)
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What nerves are indicated by the white arrows?
What intrinsic laryngeal muscle does it innervate? |
The External Laryngeal Nerve
The Cricothyroid Muscle |
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What connects the Thyroid cartilage to the Hyoid Bone?
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The Thyrohyoid Membrane
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What muscle is indicated by the white arrows?
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The Anterior belly of the Digastric Muscle
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What muscle is indicated by the white arrows?
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The Posterior Belly of the Digastric Muscle.
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What muscle is indicated by the white arrows?
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The Mylohyoid Muscle
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