Conus elasticus
| Ligament: Conus elasticus | ||
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| The ligaments of the larynx. Antero-lateral view. | ||
| Latin | Conus elasticus | |
| Gray's | p.1078 | |
| From | The vocal process on the arytenoid cartilage | |
| To | Upper border of the cricoid cartilage arcus | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | c_54/12257632 | |
The conus elasticus (or elastic cone) is the lateral portion of the cricothyroid ligament.
The lateral portions are thinner and lie close under the mucous membrane of the larynx; they extend from the superior border of the cricoid cartilage to the inferior margin of the vocal ligaments, with which they are continuous.
These ligaments may therefore be regarded as the free borders of the lateral portions of the conus elasticus, and extend from the vocal processes of the arytenoid cartilages to the angle of the thyroid cartilage about midway between its upper and lower borders.
This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.
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