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Muscles of Pharynx
Meet posteriorly at pharyngeal raphe.
Overlap constrictor muscles above.
Lateral gaps occur between constrictor
muscles anteriorly.
Used in swallowing.
Superior Pharyngeal Constrictor
Gap above constrictor:
Closed by pharyngobasilar fascia.
Traversed by auditory tube.
Forms tonsilar bed
Middle Pharyngeal Constrictor
Gap above middle constrictor:
Traversed by:
Stylopharyngeus muscle.
Glossopharyngeal nerve.
Innervation and Blood Supply of
Pharynx
Innervation:
Vagus nerve via pharyngeal plexus:
Except stylopharyngeus.
Recurrent laryngeal nerves to lower part of
inferior constrictor.
Blood supply:
Ascending pharyngeal artery.
Laryngeal Skeleton: Thyroid
Thyrohyoid membrane.
Cricothyroid membrane.
Laminae:
Superior thyroid notch.
Meet at:
90 degrees in male.
120 degrees in female.
Superior and inferior horns.
Laryngeal Skeleton: Cricoid
Lies at level of cervical vertebra 6.
Laryngeal Skeleton: Arytenoid
Paired.
Sit on superior surface of cricoid.
Support corniculate cartilage.
Processes:
Muscular.
Vocal:
Attachment for vocal ligament.
Laryngeal Skeleton: Epiglottis
Attached to thyroid cartilage:
Via thyro-epiglottic ligament.
Mucosa on surface extends onto tongue and
walls of oropharynx:
Median glosso-epiglottic fold.
Lateral pharyngo-epiglottic folds.
Valleculae:
Valleys on either side of glosso-epiglottic fold.
Common sites for lodgement.
Laryngeal Skeleton
Other cartilages:
Corniculate.
Cuneiform.
Laryngeal Cavity and Folds
Characterized by superior and inferior
pairs of folds.
Vestibule:
Lies between vestibular folds.
Vestibular Folds:
False vocal cords.
Rima vestibuli:
Space between vestibular folds.
Laryngeal Cavity and Folds
Ventricular folds:
True vocal cords.
Vocal ligaments.
Rima glottidis:
Space between vocal folds.
Narrowest part of laryngeal cavity.
Opens and closes to regulate passage of air.
Laryngeal Cavity and Folds
Infraglottic cavity:
Lies between ventricular folds and lower
border of cricoid cartilage.