Hyoepiglottic ligament

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Ligament: Hyoepiglottic ligament
Latin	Ligamentum hyoepiglotticum
Gray's	p.1077
From	anterior surface of the epiglottis
To	upper border of the body of the hyoid bone
Dorlands/Elsevier	l_09/12492331

The hyoepiglottic ligament is an elastic band connecting the anterior surface of the epiglottis to the upper border of the body of the hyoid bone. It is clinically important in performing direct laryngoscopy with a Macintosh laryngoscope blade; the blade tip is placed in the vallecula and moved anteriorly, which causes the hyoepiglottic ligament to pull the epiglottis anteriorly as well and thus expose the glottis.

This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.

Head and neck anatomy, Upper RT: Larynx (TA A06.2, TH H3.05.01, GA 11.1072)

Cartilages

major/unpaired: Epiglottis
- Vallecula
Thyroid
- Laryngeal prominence
- Oblique line
- Superior thyroid notch
- Superior horn
- Inferior horn
Cricoid

minor/paired: Arytenoid
- Vocal process
- Muscular process
Corniculate
Cuneiform

Ligaments/folds

extrinsic ligaments: Hyoepiglottic ligament
Thyrohyoid membrane
- Lateral ligament
- Median ligament
Thyroepiglottic ligament
Cricotracheal ligament

intrinsic ligaments, upper: Quadrangular membrane
- Aryepiglottic
- Vestibular ligament/Vestibular fold

intrinsic ligaments, lower: Cricothyroid ligament

Laryngeal cavity

Other

M: RES

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noco (c, p)/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug (R1/2/3/5/6/7)

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