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5PulmAnatomyreading

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The layers of the neck   endocrine; respiratory; alimentary  
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Respiratory Layer is comprised of what?   trachea and larynx  
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Fx of Respiratory layer   routing air and food into proper places; providing patent airway + sealing; voice production  
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What vertebral levels is the larynx aligned with?   C3-C6  
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What does the larynx connect?   pharynx with trachea  
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Fx of larynx   guard airway passage: sphincter of lower respiratory tract: maintains airway during swallowing  
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Give the laryngeal cartilages (un/paired)   9: Single-thyroid, cricoid, epiglottic; paired-arytenoid, cuniform, corniculates  
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Superior border of thyroid cartilage is at what cervical vertebrae level?   C4  
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What forms the Adam’s Apple aka?   Laryngeal prominence; the inferior 2/3 of the thyroid laminas fuse anteriorly  
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What is the superior thyroid notch?   the v shaped notch just superior to the laryngeal prominence  
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What is the inferior thyroid notch?   Inferior part of thyroid cartilage  
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What are the posterior superior and inferior lamina projections known as?   superior and inferior cornu  
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What does the superior horn connect to?   Attaches to hyoid via thyrohyoid membrane  
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The thyrohyoid membrane has what ligaments?   mediallymedian thyrohyoid lig; laterallylat. Thyrohyoid lig.  
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What does the inferior horn articulate to?   lateral surface of cricoids cartilage at cricothyroid jts  
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What is the significance to the cricothyroid joint?   rotation and gliding of thyroid changes in vocal cord length  
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Which cartilage makes a complete ring around the airway?   cricothyroid  
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Anterior band of cricoids is called what?   arch  
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What does the median cricothyroid ligament do?   attaches cricoids to inferior margin of thyroid  
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What does the cricotracheal ligament do?   attaches cricoid to first tracheal ring  
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Arytenoid cartilage   3 sided pyramidal shaped; attaches to superior lateral cricoids; has vocal process, has mm process  
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Arytenoid mm   cricoid arytenoids that attach at muscular process  
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Cricoid-Arytenoid joint   allows arytenoids to move toward and away from each other, rotate, and move ant/post  
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Cricoid-Arytenoid jts affect what?   vocal fold movement  
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What do the vocal ligaments comprise?   vocal folds (submucosal); free border of consus elasticus and cricovocal memb.  
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Vocal ligaments go from what to what   thyroid cartilage’s lamina-arytenoid cartilage (vocal process)  
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Conus elasticus   Blends anteriorly with thyrocricoid ligament (medial); closes tracheal inlet (except at vocal folds)  
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Lateral cricothyroid ligaments go from where to where?   vocal folds and cricoid  
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What is the rima glottidis?   opening btw vocal folds  
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What attachments does the epiglottis have and how?   to thyroid laminae thyro-epiglottic lig; ant hyoid hyo-epi. Lig  
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The quadrangular membrane extends btw what?   goes btw lat. Arytenoids and epiglottic cartilages  
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What are the quadrangular mem. parts?   Vestibule &vestibular folds; aryepiglottic lig/which form fold.@ free sup. End  
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What are the nodule like structures in ary-epiglottic fold?   corniculate and cuneiform cartilages  
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What do corniculate cartilages attach to?   arytenoids  
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What do cuneiform cartilages attach to?   they don’t directly attach to other cartilages  
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What structures comprise the submucosal, fibro-elastic membrane of larynx?   quadrangular mem. and conus elasticus  
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Laryngeal inlet is between what?   pharynx and larynx  
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What is the laryngeal cavity?   laryngeal inlet to inf. Border of cricoid cartilage  
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Laryngeal vestibule is btw what?   vestibular folds and laryngeal inlet  
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Laryngeal ventricle   medial to lateral recess btw. Vestibular and vocal fold (vertical orientation))  
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What are laryngeal saccules?   blind pockets into each ventricle; lined with mucosal glands  
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Infraglottic cavity   btw vocal folds and inf. Part of cricoid cartilage-continuous with trachea  
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What are vocal folds comprised of?   vocal ligament (med. Free edge of conus elasticus); vocalis muscle;  
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Vocal fold fx   control sound production; main inspiratory sphincter when tightly closed  
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Glottis is made up of what?   rima glottis and vocal folds and processes-glottis is the vocal apparatus  
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Shape of glottis during a)normal breathing b)forced respiration & c) phonation   a)narrow (wedge) b)wide (trap.)c)slit  
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What makes male voice low?   long vocal cords  
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Fx of vestibular folds   protective  
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Extrinsic laryngeal mm-name and fx   Infrahyoid-depress hyoid; suprahyoid-elevate hyoid; stylopharyngeous-elevates hy.  
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Intrinsic laryngeal mm adductors   lateral crico-arytenoid mm; transverse and oblique arytenoid mm;  
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Intrinsic laryngeal mm nervous supply (except for which mm?)   recurrent laryngeal nerve of vagus (not cricothyroid mm)  
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Which nerve supplies cricothyroid mm?   External laryngeal mm which is a branch of the superior laryngeal nerve  
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Lateral crico-arytenoid mm fx?   pulls vocal cords anteriorly and arytenoid cartilage rotates, swings vocal processes med.  
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Transverse and oblique arytenoids fx   adduct the arytenoids toward one another.  
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How does whispering work?   Transverse arytenoids mm not AD, but vocal lig are adducted  
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What does the post. crico-arytenoid mm do?   Abductor, rotates vocal processes laterally; widens rima glottidis  
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How does the sphincter function?   closes off airway in strong reflex via the ary-epliglottic mm pulling on the AD mm  
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What is the tensor mm and how does it work   cricothyroid mm pulls thyroid prominence ant. & inf. to arch of cricoid What is the outcome of the tensor mm action?  
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What are relaxer mm?   Thyroarytenoid mm; pulls arytenoids toward thyroid prominence; lowers pitch  
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What are vocalis mm fx?   medial thyroarytenoid mm and lateral to vocal cords; produce minute adjustments to voice  
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Describe sup and inf laryngeal arteries   branches of sup and inf thyroid a. which are branches of ext and com. carotid a.  
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What does sup. larynx. a supply?   internal surface of larynx  
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What does inferior laryngeal a supply?   inf. part of larynx  
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Cricothyroid artery does what?   supplies cricothyroid mm; small branch of sup. thyroid a.  
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Veins follow accompanying arteries!    
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Sup. Laryngeal vein drains into?   superior thyroid veininternal jugular vein  
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Inf. laryngeal vein drains into   inf. thyroid veinL brachiocephalic vein  
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Describe lymph node drainage   inf to vocal foldsinf. deep cervical lymph nodes; sup to vocal foldssup. deep cervical  
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Describe origin of superior laryngeal nerve   from vagus;  
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Describe internal branch sup. lary. N   sensory for laryngeal cavity, membrane of vestibule, & vocal folds  
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Describe external branch sup. lary. n   motor for cricothyroid mm  
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Inferior laryngeal nerve   branch of recurrent laryngeal n and motor supply for all laryngeal mm except cricothyroid mm  
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Recurrent laryngeal nerve is a branch of ?   vagus n  
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Trachea spans what vertebral levels?   C6-btw T4 and T5  
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