For the dissection of the larynx, you should find:

Muscles:

• cricothyroid
• posterior crycoarytenoid
• transverse and oblique arytenoid
• aryepiglotticus
• lateral cricoarytenoid
• thyroarytenoid
• vocalis

Nerves

• internal laryngeal
• external laryngeal
• recurrent laryngeal
• inferior laryngeal

Arteries

• superior laryngeal

Other

• vocal ligament
• true and false vocal cords
• rima glottidis
• thyrohyoid membrane

You should find these cartilages:

• thyroid
• cricoid
• arytenoid
• corniculate
• cuneiform

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John A. McNulty, Ph.D.

Last Updated: Apr 9, 1998 Created: Jan 24, 1997