Corniculate cartilages
| Corniculate cartilages | |
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| File:Gray952.png Ligaments of the larynx. Posterior view. (Corniculate cartilage labeled at center right.) | |
| File:Gray955.png The entrance to the larynx, viewed from behind. (Corniculate cartilage labeled at bottom right.) | |
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| Latin | cartilagines corniculata |
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| Anatomical terminology [[[d:Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 865: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|edit on Wikidata]]] | |
The corniculate cartilages (cartilages of Santorini) are two small conical nodules in the larynx, consisting of elastic cartilage, which articulate with the summits of the arytenoid cartilages and serve to prolong them posteriorly and medially.
They are situated in the posterior parts of the aryepiglottic folds of mucous membrane, and are sometimes fused with the arytenoid cartilages.
Eponym
[edit | edit source]It is named by Giovanni Domenico Santorini.[1][2] The word "corniculate" has the Latin root "cornu", meaning "horn". This refers to the appearance of the corniculate cartilages as horn-like projections.[3]
Additional images
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The cartilages of the larynx. Posterior view.
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Laryngoscopic view of interior of larynx.
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Muscles of larynx. Posterior view.
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Muscles of larynx. Side view. Right lamina of thyroid cartilage removed.
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Corniculate cartilages
References
[edit | edit source]Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- ^ synd/3088 at Whonamedit?
- ^ G. D. Santorini. Observationes anatomicae. Venetiis, apus J. B. Recurti, 1724; Leiden, 1939.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Atlas image: rsa3p8 at the University of Michigan Health System
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