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17 Cards in this Set
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_______ is musculo-cartilaginous structure and trachea inferiorly and hyoid superiorly |
Larynx |
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_____ is the actual production of voice due to vibration of the vocal folds during active exhalation |
Phonation |
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Name the three unpaired cartilages of the larynx |
Crocoid Thyroid Epiglottis |
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The superior support of the larynx is _____ and it’s inferior point of attachment is _____. |
Hyoid home, trachea |
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Thyroid cartilage is a type of _____ cartilage. |
Hyaline |
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It is the flat, leaf shaped cartilage |
Epiglottis |
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The epiglottis is attached to the thyroid cartilage by the thyroepiglottic ligament and superiorly attached to the hyoid bone by the ______ ligament |
Hyoepiglottic |
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Three sided pyramidal structures and vocal folds are attached to these _____ |
Arytenoids |
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3 components of the hyoid bone |
Greater horn or cornu Lesser horn or cornu Body |
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Oblique arytenoid muscle continues as the muscle fibers in the _____ folds |
Aryepiglottic |
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Stylohyoid muscle originates on the ______ process of the temporal bone and contraction elevates and retracts the hyoid bone |
Styloid process |
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Name the two glottal tensors |
Vocalis of thyroarytenoid and cricothyroid |
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The _____ and _____ muscles together are called the inter arytenoid muscles |
Oblique arytenoid and transverse arytenoid |
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_______ muscle has two parts (anterior and posterior bellies). The anterior part originates on the inner surface of the mandible and the posterior originates on the _____ of the temporal bone |
Digastric, mastoid process |
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The hypoglossus muscle attaches the tongue to the _____ of the hyoid bone |
Greater hornu |
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_______ muscle runs from the lateral surface of the cricoid cartilage to the muscular process of the arytenoid cartilage. |
LCA |
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______ muscle is the only abductor for the larynx |
PCA |
