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The more important cartilages of the larynx from behind. Labels: t, thyroid; Cs, its superior, and Ci, its inferior, horn of the right side; **, cricoid cartilages;†, arytenoid cartilage; Pv, the corner to which the posterior end of a vocal cord is attached; Pm, corner on which the muscles which approximate or separate the vocal cords are inserted; co, cartilage of Santorini.

Larynx

The more important cartilages of the larynx from behind. Labels: t, thyroid; Cs, its superior, and Ci,…

The larynx viewed from its pharyngeal opening. The back wall of the pharynx has been divided and its edges (11) turned aside. Labels 1, body of hyoid; 2, its small, and 3, its great, horns; 4, upper and lower horns of thyroid cartilages; 5, mucous membrane of front of pharynx, covering the back of the cricoid cartilage; 6, upper end of gullet; 7, windpipe, lying in front of the gullet; 8, eminence caused by cartilage of Santorini; 9, eminence caused by cartilage of Wrisberg; both lie in, 10, the artytenoepiglottic fold of mucous membrane, surrounding the opening (aditus laryngis) from pharynx to larynx; a, projecting tip of epiglottis; c, the glottis, the lines leading from the latter point to the free vibratory edges of the vocal cords; b', the ventricles of the larynx; their upper edges, marking them off from the eminences b, are the false vocal cords.

Larynx

The larynx viewed from its pharyngeal opening. The back wall of the pharynx has been divided and its…