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thyre 



. The LaryilX. View from before. 



d) The Cornicu/a larynyis or Cartilagines Santorinianae are articulated 



with the summits of the arytenoid cartilages, and c) the cuneiform 



cartilages or (Jartilwjfiics Wrinloyil are placed in tlie fold of mucous 



membrane which extends from the apex of the arytenoid cartilages to 



'the sides of the epiglottis. 



f) The epiglottis 5 its upper, free border looks upwards and 

 backwards (see Fig. 377), its attached end (J'ctiohis) is long and narrow and 

 connected to the thyroid cartilage by means of the Ligamentum iliyreo- 

 cpi.ylotticum. Its anterior surface is curved forwards towards the tongue; 

 its posterior surface concave from side to side, concavo-convex from 

 above downwards; the convexity projecting backwards into the larynx 

 is named the tubercle. 



The true ligaments (extrinsic and intrinsic) of the larynx are: 



a) Middle thyro-hyoid, Tjigctmcntum tln/rco - In/oidcuin medium 

 (also called Mwibbrana obturatoria lari/nyix), between the hyoid bone and 

 superior border of the thyroid cartilage, and the two lateral thyro- 

 hyoid, Ijiyamcnta tkyreo-kyoidea-lateralia, between the superior cornua of 

 the thyroid cartilage and. the great cornua of the hyoid bone; the latter are 

 two rounded yellowish cords and frequently enclose a fibro-cartilaginous 

 nodule, CorpusculMm In'ticnnn (cctrtihujo-ir/ttccd). 



