Joint connecting the cricoid cartilage and the thyroid cartilage in the throat
Cricothyroid joint
The cartilages of the larynx
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Identifiers
Latin
articulatio cricothyreoidea
TA98
A06.2.03.006
TA2
1665
FMA
55101
Anatomical terminology
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The cricothyroid joint (or articulation) is a joint connecting the cricoid cartilage and the thyroid cartilage. It plays a key role in adjusting human voice pitch by changing the tension of the vocal cords. This tension is controlled mostly by the endolaryngeal vocalis and the extralaryngeal cricothyroid muscles which change vocal fold
tension by narrowing the cricothyroid space created by rotation and gliding movements in horizontal and vertical direction allowed for by the cricothyroid articulation.[1]
^Hammer GP, Windisch G, Prodinger PM, Anderhuber F, Friedrich G. (2010). The Cricothyroid Joint-Functional Aspects With Regard to Different Types of Its Structure. J Voice. Mar;24:140-145. PMID 19185450
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