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What is the function of the larynx?
What is the function of the larynx?
- To facilitate swallowing
- To regulate breathing rate
- To produce sound
- To act as a valve and produce sound (correct)
Where is the larynx located?
Where is the larynx located?
- In the midline of the neck (correct)
- In the midline of the pelvis
- In the midline of the thorax
- In the midline of the abdomen
What type of structure is the larynx?
What type of structure is the larynx?
- A solid cartilaginous structure
- A hollow musculoligamentous structure (correct)
- A hollow fibrous structure
- A hollow bony structure
What is the function of the extrinsic muscles that attach to the larynx?
What is the function of the extrinsic muscles that attach to the larynx?
What is the name of the unpaired cartilage of the larynx?
What is the name of the unpaired cartilage of the larynx?
What happens to the larynx during swallowing?
What happens to the larynx during swallowing?
What is the shape of the cricoid cartilage?
What is the shape of the cricoid cartilage?
What is the shape of the arytenoid cartilage?
What is the shape of the arytenoid cartilage?
What is the attachment point of the epiglottis?
What is the attachment point of the epiglottis?
What is the angle between the two laminae of the thyroid cartilage in men?
What is the angle between the two laminae of the thyroid cartilage in men?
What articulates with the superior facet of the quadrate lamina of the cricoid cartilage?
What articulates with the superior facet of the quadrate lamina of the cricoid cartilage?
What is the shape of the thyroid cartilage?
What is the shape of the thyroid cartilage?
What is the location of the cuneiform cartilage?
What is the location of the cuneiform cartilage?
What connects the cartilages of the larynx to each other?
What connects the cartilages of the larynx to each other?
What is the name of the membrane that has a free upper border attached between the back of the angle of the thyroid cartilage and the vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage?
What is the name of the membrane that has a free upper border attached between the back of the angle of the thyroid cartilage and the vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage?
What is the direction of the inlet of the larynx?
What is the direction of the inlet of the larynx?
What are the boundaries of the inlet of the larynx?
What are the boundaries of the inlet of the larynx?
How many cricothyroid joints are present in the larynx?
How many cricothyroid joints are present in the larynx?
What is the space between the 2 true vocal cords?
What is the space between the 2 true vocal cords?
Which of the following muscles closes the laryngeal inlet?
Which of the following muscles closes the laryngeal inlet?
What is the upper free margin of the cricothyroid membrane?
What is the upper free margin of the cricothyroid membrane?
What is the area between the inlet and the vestibular folds?
What is the area between the inlet and the vestibular folds?
Where do the vocal folds extend from?
Where do the vocal folds extend from?
What is the lower free margin of the quadrate membrane on each side?
What is the lower free margin of the quadrate membrane on each side?
What is responsible for opening the laryngeal inlet?
What is responsible for opening the laryngeal inlet?
Which artery supplies the larynx above the vocal cords?
Which artery supplies the larynx above the vocal cords?
Which nerve is responsible for the sensory supply of the larynx above the vocal cords?
Which nerve is responsible for the sensory supply of the larynx above the vocal cords?
What is the mechanism of voice production in the larynx?
What is the mechanism of voice production in the larynx?
Which muscle is responsible for the movement of the cricothyroid joints?
Which muscle is responsible for the movement of the cricothyroid joints?
What is the nerve supply of the larynx?
What is the nerve supply of the larynx?
