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KEYWORDS: Muscles and tendons, Throat.

Higher resolution images are available for a fee. Contact Drew Bourn, PhD, MLIS.

Dissection of anterior and lateral regions of neck

Larynx; vocal cord and vocal muscle; lateral and posterior cricoarytenoid muscles; left lateral view

The external part of the thyroarytenoid muscle has been removed and the internal part (vocal muscle) retained.

1 .	Lesser horn hyoid bone
2 .	Body hyoid bone
3 .	Epiglottal cartilage
4 .	Thyrohyoid ligament
5 .	Upper pointer: Thyroepiglotticus muscle (cut across) Lower pointer: Aryepiglotticus muscle
6 .	Quadrangular membrane
7 .	Thyroid cartilage (cut across)
8 .	Laryngeal ventricle (opened)
9 .	Vocal cord
10 .	Vocalis muscle
11 .	Lateral cricoarytenoid muscle
12 .	Conus elasticus
13 .	Arch of cricoid cartilage
14 .	Lateral suspensory ligament of thyroid gland (cut off)
15 .	Trachea
16 .	Aryepiglottic fold
17 .	Superior horn thyroid cartilage (cut across)
18 .	Piriform recess (opened)
19 .	Vagus nerve (X)
20 .	Arytenoid cartilage
21 .	Posterior cricoarytenoid muscle
22 .	Upper pointer: Anterior branch inferior laryngeal nerve Lower pointer: Inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle (cut across)
23 .	Posterior branch inferior laryngeal nerve
24 .	Articular surface of thyroid
25 .	Cervical nerve VI
26 .	Vertebral artery
27 .	Branches of recurrent esophageal nerve
28 .	Esophagus