larynx

Function: - the organ of voice production. Structure: - the larynx is the part of the respiratory system between the pharynx & the trachea - it consists of a framework of cartilages & elastic membranes housing the vocal cords

Specific

corniculate cartilage; Santorini cartilage; supra-arytenoid cartilage corniculate tubercle; Santorini tubercle cricoarytenoid articular capsule; capsule of cricoarytenoid joint cricothyroid articular capsule; capsule of cricothyroid joint cuneiform tubercle; Wrisberg tubercle cuneiform cartilage; Morgagni cartilage; Wrisberg cartilage; Morgagni tubercle esophageal mucosa; submucous coat of esophagus laryngeal bursa; subcutaneous bursa of the laryngeal prominence laryngeal inlet; inlet of larynx; laryngeal aperature; laryngeal aditus laryngeal saccule; Hilton sac; laryngeal pouch laryngeal ventricle; laryngeal/Morgagni sinus mucosa of trachea quadrangular (superior/inferior) membrane; Tourtual membrane rima vestibuli; false glottis; rima respiratoria triangular pit/fovea of arytenoid cartilage vestibule of larynx; superior laryngeal cavity

Components

glottis Reinke space vestibular/ventricular fold (false vocal cord, ventricular band of larynx) vocal cord/fold/shelf (Ferrein cords, true vocal cord)