Hyoid bone and framework of larynx

Anterior view

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Hyoid bone and framework of larynx

Anterior view

1. Epiglottic cartilage
2. Upper pointer: Lesser horn hyoid bone Lower pointer: Joint capsule between minor and major horn
3. Greater horn hyoid bone
4. Superior horn thyroid cartilage
5. Superior thyroid incisure
6. Lamina right thyroid cartilage
7. Inferior horn thyroid cartilage
8. Cricothyroid joint capsule
9. Cricotracheal ligament
10. Tracheal cartilage
11. Body hyoid bone
12. Triticeal cartilage (within lateral thyrohyoid ligament)
13. Middle hyothyroid ligament
14. Superior thyroid tubercle
15. Oblique line thyroid cartilage
16. Inferior thyroid tubercle
17. Middle cricothyroid ligament
18. Anterior cricothyroid ligament
19. Upper pointer: Conus elasticus Lower pointer: Arch of cricoid cartilage
20. Annular ligament of trachea