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U-shaped floating bone that floats under the madible or lower jaw, which the larynx is suspended from. |
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Protective, leaf-shaped piece of cartilage medial to the thyroid cartilage and hyoid bone. During Swallowing the epiglottis drops to cover the orifice of the larynx. |
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Forms the anterior and lateral walls of the larynx and protects the larynx. |
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Completely surronds the trachea.
Links the thryroid cartilage and the paired arytenoid cartilages. |
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Small, pyramid-shaped cartilages connected to the cricoid through the cricoarytenoid joint, which permits sliding and circular movements. |
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Sit on the apex of the arytenoids, they assist in reducing the laryngeal opening when a person is swallowing. |
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| Cone-shaped, located under the mucous membrance that covers the aryepiglottis folds, serve to stiffen or tense the aryepiglottic folds. |
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