Before beginning this dissection, refer back to your earlier
dissection of the anterior neck where
you dissected the cricothyroid muscle as well as the superior laryngeal nerve and
artery.
Begin by removing the mucous membrane that forms the
posterior wall of the laryngopharynx. This dissection
exposes the posterior
cricoarytenoid muscle, arytenoideus muscle and the aryepiglotticus muscle.
Find the inferior laryngeal nerve, which is the continuation of the recurrent laryngeal nerve. Be sure to review the
cartilaginous components.
