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16 Cards in this Set
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Larynx
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Voice box; a short passageway that connects the pharynx with the trachea
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Thyroid (adam's apple)
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2 fused plates of hyaline cartilge forms anterior of larynx, gives a triangular shape; usually larger in males
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Epiglottis
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Stem attached to pharynx which moves up during swallowing;leaf shaped - elastic cartilage
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Cricoid
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Ring of hyaline cartilage forms inferior wall of larynx
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Single cartilage plates:
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Thyroid
Epiglottis Cricoid |
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Paired cartilage plates:
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Arytenoids
Corniculates Cuneiforms |
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Arytenoids
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Triangular pieces of mostly hyaline cartilage; ladle like
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Corniculates
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Elastic cartilage; small horn
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Cuneiforms
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Elastic cartilage; wedge shaped
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Mucous membrane folds:
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Ventricular folds
Vocal folds |
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Ventricular folds
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"false vocal cords" upper pair of mucous membranes
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Rima vestibuli
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Space between ventricular folds
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Vocal folds
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"True vocal cords" lower pair of mucous membrances
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Rima Glottidis
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Space between vocal folds
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Laryngeal sinus
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Region between upper and lower vocal cords
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Glottis
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Consists of vocal folds and rima glottidis
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