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used for speech, taste, and deglutition |
tongue |
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it is attached to the hyoid bone, mandible, styloid process, soft palate and wall of the pharynx |
tongue |
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displaced posteriorly and can occlude the airwway in an unconscious person |
tongue |
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elicited by stimulation the posterior pharyngeal wall |
gag reflex |
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a muscular structure formed at the internal opening of the nasophyarynx, posterior aspect of the oral cavity, and posterosuperior aspect of the larynx |
pharynx |
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one of the most powerful sphincters in the body |
larynx |
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the major organ of speech |
larynx |
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box-like structure, approx 4 cubic centimeters in size |
larynx |
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single laryngeal cartilages |
epiglottis, thyroid and cricoid cartilage |
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shaped like a leaf, prevents aspiration by covering the glottis |
epiglottis |
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"adams apple" |
thyroid cartilage |
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shaped like a signet ring: separtated from the thyroid carilage by the cricothyroid membrane |
cricoid cartilage |
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paired laryngeal cartilages |
arytenoids, corniculate cartilages, cuneiform |
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triangular structures located on the superior aspect of the cricoid cartilage posteriorly |
arytenoids |
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attached to the superior aspect of the arytenoids |
corniculate cartilages |
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small, spheroidal-shaped carilage embedded in the aryepiglottic fold on each side |
cuneiform |
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composed of nine cartilages in total |
larynx |
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the space between the true vocal cords and the arytenoids cartilages |
rima glottis or the glottis |
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this landmark divides the larynx into two parts |
rima glottis or the glottis |
