COMD 3100 Unit 5 parts 1 and 2
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GraingerGuy on September 29, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 How does the larynx connect to the pharynx? | It is below the pharynx |
| How does the larynx connect to the trachea? | It is above the larynx |
| What does the larynx protect from foreign particles? | The lower passage |
| What happens when air is held in the lungs? | It temporarily increases strength |
| The framework is all pretty consistent between people T or F? | F |
| What else can the larynx be called? | Voice box |
| What cartilaginous structures that make up the skeleton of the larynx? | Epiglottis, Thyroid cartilage, arytenoids, cricoid cartilage |
| What else can the Quadrilateral plates that make up the thyroid cartilage also be called? | Thyroid laminae |
| What is the thyroid notch? | The place where the left and right laminae don't completely connect. |
| What else can the thyroid prominence be called? | Adam's apple |
| What does the thyroid prominence do? | protects the anterior and lateral larynx |
| What ligament connects from the hyoid bone to the superior cornu? | lateral hyothyroid ligament |
| Where does the superior cornu point? | To the hyoid bone |
| What else can the superior cornu be called? | Superior horns |
| What else can the inferior cornu be called? | Inferior horns |
| Where do the inferior cornu sit? | On the cricoid cartilage |
| Which cervical vertebrae sit behind the cricoid cartilage? | C4-C6 |
| What is the Cricoid cartilage shaped like? | a signet ring |
| The low and narrow part in the front of the cricoid cartilage is called? | the arch |
| The wide and thick part in the back of the cricoid cartilage is called the? | Lamina |
| The bottom of the cricoid cartilage connects to... | the larynx |
| What are on the posterior lateral surfaces of the cricoid cartilages? | Facets |
| What do the facets of the cricoid cartilage receive? | The inferior horns of the thyroid cartilage |
| What is the name of the ligament that seals the front of the space in between the cricoid cartilage and the thyroid cartilage? | Cricothyroid ligament |
| What 2 parts are the arytenoids made of? | the base and apex |
| Where on the cricoid cartilages do the arytenoids sit? | Lamina |
| Where does the vocal ligament attach to? | vocal processes and medial fibers of vocal muscles |
| What 2 things do the muscular processes hold? | lateral portion of the vocal folds and the lateral and posterior cricoarytenoid muscles |
| How does the ventricular ligaments sit as compared to the vocal ligaments? | Superior and lateral |
| Where does the ventricular ligaments attach? | inner surface of thyroid cartilages |
| How do the vocal processes run? | anteriorly |
| How do the muscular processes run? | laterally |
| What are the corniculate cartilages? | small horn shaped superior extensions of the arytenoids |
| What do the corniculate cartilages support? | aryepiglottic folds |
| What are the cuneiform cartilages? | small, rod shaped cartilages |
| Where are the cuneiform cartilages embedded? | aryepiglottic folds |
| Where are the cuneiform cartilages as compared to the corniculate cartilages? | Anterior to corniculate |
| What is a possible function for the cuneiform cartilages? | support the aryepiglottic folds |
| The cuneiform cartilages are found in everyone T or F | F |
| What is the shape of the epiglottic cartilages? | leaf shaped |
| Is the epiglottic cartilage large or small? | large |
| What is the stem of the epiglottic cartilage called? | Petiolus |
| Where does the stem of the epiglottic cartilage attach? | inner front surface of the thyroid cartilage just beneath the thyroid notch |
| How does the epiglottic cartilage tie to the hyoid bone? | hyoepiglottic ligament |
| What does the epiglottis do? | deflects food and liquids being swallowed, influences resonance |
| how does the epiglottis deflect food and liquid? | contracts the aryepiglottic folds and pulls itself down and back |
| the Hyoid bone is shaped like a | U or Upsilon |
| Where in relation to the cervical vertebrae is the Hyoid bone located? | C3 |
| The front section of the Hyoid bone is called... | the body (corpus) |
| How and from where do the greater horns of the hyoid bone project? | posteriorly and horizontally from the body |
| What do the ends of the greater horns of the Hyoid bone articulate with? | superior horns of the thyroid cartilage |
| What are the lesser horns of the Hyoid bone? | Where the greater horns join the body |
| how are the lesser horns of the Hyoid bone shaped? | cone shaped |
| how do the lesser horns of the Hyoid bone rise? | superiorly |
| How many pairs of muscles do the Hyoid bone connect to? | 9 |
| what does the Hyoid bone relate to? | tongue, temporal bone, mandible, scapula, larynx, and sternum |
| Does the Hyoid bone connect to any other bone in the body? Yes or no | No |
| The Hyoid bone is very mobile. T or F | T |
| What does the hyoid bone form the base of? | Tongue |
| What is the principal nonbiological function of the larynx? | sound production |
| What are the that attach to the hyoid bone and suspend it in position sometimes called? | hyoid sling muscles |
| The thyroid, cricoid, epiglottis, cuneiform, corniculate and arytenoids are composed of these two cartilages | hyaline and elastic |
| how many surfaces does an arytenoid have? | 3 |
| Where is the epiglottis located? | just behind the hyoid bone |
| What separates the epiglottis from the hyoid bone? | Fat pad |
| Does the epiglottis contribute much or little to the production of speech? | little |
| For ordinary or normal biological function, thorasic fixation is needed. T or F | F |
| Where are the inferior cornus directed? | down and slightly medially |
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