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374. The Laryngoscopic View in Quiet Breathing-, 



Double the natural size. 



b) Crico-tracheal, Lie/amentum crico-tracheale, between the lower 

 border of the thyroid cartilage and the upper border of the first .trachea! 

 cartilage. 



c) Lateral erico-thyroid, Ligamenta crico-thyreoidea lateralia, 

 capsular ligaments between the inferior cornua of the thyroid cartilage 

 and the lateral surfaces of the cricoid cartilage, with two strengthening 

 bands, the Ligamentum cerato-cricoideum posticum superius and Ligamentum 

 cerato-cricoideum posticum inferius (see Fig. 378 and Fig. 379). 



d) Middle c r i c o - 1 h y r o i d, Ligamentum crico-thyreoideum medium 

 s. Ligamentum conicum, between the lower border of the thyroid cartilage and 

 upper border of the anterior portion of the cricoid cartilage, consisting 

 chiefly of elastic tissue (see Fig. 373). 



e) Crico-arytenoid, Ligamenta crico-arytaenoidea, capsular ligaments 

 between the bases of the arytenoid cartilages and the articular facets on 

 the posterior portion of the cricoid cartilage (see Fig. 379 and Fig. 381). 



f) Thyro-epiglottic, Ligamentum tJiyreo - epiglotticum, between the 

 apex of the epiglottis and the notch of the thyroid cartilage (see Fig. 383). 



The folds of mucous membrane of the larynx are : 



a) The middle and lateral glosso-epiglottic folds, Ligamentum glosso- 

 epiglotticum medium and Ligamenta glosso-epiglottica lateralia, between the 

 base of the tongue and epiglottis ; the middle one is also called Fraenu- 

 lum epiglottidis. 



b) The aryteno-epiglottidean folds, Ligamenta epiglottideo-arytaenoidea 

 s. ary-epiglottica, between epiglottis and arytenoid cartilages, which enclose 

 the cartilages of Wrisberg. 



