Hyoid bone and framework of larynx
Superior view
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Hyoid bone and framework of larynx
Superior view
The periosteum has been removed from the hyoid bone and the perichondrium scraped from the laryngeal cartilages. The elastic cone and vocal ligaments have been preserved and the articular capsules retained.
- Body hyoid bone
- Epiglottal cartilage
- Lesser horn hyoid bone
- Left lamina thyroid cartilage
- Greater horn hyoid bone
- Superior horn thyroid cartilage
- Corniculate cartilage
- Base of arytenoid cartilage
- Upper pointer: Interarytenoid incisure Lower pointer: Posterior cricoarytenoid ligament
- Lamina of cricoid cartilage
- Trachea
- Thyroepiglottic ligament
- Vocal ligament
- Rim of glottis
- Conus elasticus
- Arch of cricoid cartilage
- Upper pointer: Apex of arytenoid cartilage Lower pointer: Muscular process of arytenoid cartilage
- Lateral thyrohyoid ligament
- Cricothyroid joint capsule
- Inferior horn thyroid cartilage
- Cricothyroid joint capsule