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Vestibule- from inlet to vestibular folds
Ventricles- between vestibular folds and vocal folds
Infraglottic Cavity- from vocal folds to trachea |
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| thyrohyoid, stylohyoid, mylohyoid, digastric, stylopharyngeus and palatopharyngeus muscles |
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| Omohyoid, sternothyroid and sternohyoid muscles |
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| Cricothyroid m innervation |
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Definition
| External laryngeal nerve (all other intrinsic muscles of larynx are innervated by vagus nerve via the inferior laryngeal branches of the recurrent laryngeal nerves) |
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| origin of superior laryngeal artery |
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| superior thyroid artery- branch of eca |
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| Inferior laryngeal artery origin |
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| inferior thyroid artery- branch of thyrocervical trunk |
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| Inferior laryngeal artery travels with... |
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| the recurrent laryngeal nerve, entering the larynx at the inferior border of the inferior constrictor |
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| Branches of superior laryngeal nerve |
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| External laryngeal and internal laryngeal |
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| Distribution of external laryngeal |
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Definition
| motor fibers to cricothyroid and inferior consstrictor of pharynx |
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| Distribution of internal laryngeal |
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| sensory to laryngeal mucosa down to the level of the vocal folds |
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| Origin of recurrent laryngeal nerve |
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| Distribution of recurrent laryngeal nerve |
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| motor to all intrinsic muscle of larynx except cricothyroid sensory to mucus membranes up to the vocal folds |
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| Course of recurrent laryngeal nerve |
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right side- recurves around subclavian artery
Left- recurves around the aortic arch just behind the ligamentum arteriosum |
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