Largest of nine cartilages that make up the laryngeal skeleton
Thyroid cartilage
The cartilages of the larynx
Details
Precursor
4th and 6th branchial arch
Identifiers
Latin
cartilago thyroidea
MeSH
D013957
TA98
A06.2.02.002
TA2
967
FMA
55099
Anatomical terminology
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The thyroid cartilage is the largest of the nine cartilages that make up the laryngeal skeleton, the cartilage structure in and around the trachea that contains the larynx. It does not completely encircle the larynx (only the cricoid cartilage encircles it).
The thyroidcartilage is the largest of the nine cartilages that make up the laryngeal skeleton, the cartilage structure in and around the trachea that...
The thyroid is near the front of the neck, lying against and around the front of the larynx and trachea. The thyroidcartilage and cricoid cartilage lie...
shave) is a surgical procedure in which the thyroidcartilage is reduced in size by shaving down the cartilage through an incision in the throat, generally...
than the thyroid cartilage above. It articulates superiorly[citation needed] with the thyroidcartilage, and the paired arytenoid cartilage. Inferiorly, the...
thyroidcartilage that connects it with the hyoid bone. It supports the front portion of the larynx. Cricoid cartilage: A ring of hyaline cartilage that...
attached chiefly to the cricoid cartilage, and may extend to the thyroidcartilage. The thyroid gland and all thyroid swelling move with the swallowing/deglutition...
of the thyroidcartilage. The straight part travels posterosuperiorly and inserts onto the inferior margin of the lamina of the thyroidcartilage. The cricothyroid...
phonosurgical technique designed to improve the voice by altering the thyroidcartilage of the larynx (the voice box), which houses the vocal cords in order...
folds. It arises in front from the lower half of the angle of the thyroidcartilage, and from the middle cricothyroid ligament. Its fibers pass backward...
separated along the midline to expose the thyroidcartilage. This allows a strip of the anterior thyroidcartilage to be removed using electrocautery to effectively...
external and internal carotid arteries at the upper border of the thyroidcartilage, at around the level of the fourth cervical vertebra. The left common...
ligament in the neck. It connects the cricoid cartilage to the thyroidcartilage. It prevents these cartilages from moving too far apart. It is cut during...
pharyngeal muscles. It arises from the sides of the cricoid cartilage and the thyroidcartilage. It is supplied by the vagus nerve (CN X). It is active during...
posterior margin of the first costal cartilage. It inserts onto the oblique line of the lamina of thyroidcartilage. The sternothyroid muscle receives motor...
thick, 3 cm wide, and 5 cm long. The thyroid apex is located superiorly at the level of the mid-thyroidcartilage. The inferior margin of the gland is...
of the thyroidcartilage immediately below the attachment of the epiglottis, and behind to the antero-lateral surface of the arytenoid cartilage, a short...
of the hyoid bone; below, it attaches onto the oblique line of the thyroidcartilage. It is innervated by fibres derived from the cervical spinal nerve...
situated in the anterior midline of the neck between the chin and the thyroidcartilage. At rest, it lies between the base of the mandible and the third cervical...
be due to thyroid-cartilage rubbing against anomalous asymmetrical laryngeal anatomy e.g. the superior cornu abrading against the thyroid lamina, surgically...
vertical incision can be made in the midline of the neck from the thyroidcartilage to just above the suprasternal notch. Skin, subcutaneous tissue, and...
surface of the thyroidcartilage, connected by a thyroepiglottic ligament. At the sides, the stalk is connected to the arytenoid cartilages at the walls...
the temporal styloid process. Some of its fibres insert onto the thyroidcartilage, while others end by intermingling with proximal structures. It is...
membrane and passes between the tip of the superior cornu of the thyroidcartilage and the extremity of the greater cornu of the hyoid bone. The internal...
border of the thyroidcartilage to the hyoid bone. The thyrohyoid membrane is attached below to the upper border of the thyroidcartilage and to the front...
laryngofissure or thyrofissure) is an incision of the larynx through the thyroidcartilage. Laryngotomy Cricothyrotomy Tracheotomy List of surgeries by type...
bounded medially by the aryepiglottic fold, and laterally by the thyroidcartilage and thyrohyoid membrane. The fossae are involved in speech. The term...
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