Hyoepiglottic ligament
Hyoepiglottic ligament | |
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Details | |
Latin | Ligamentum hyoepiglotticum |
From | anterior surface of the epiglottis |
To | upper border of the body of the hyoid bone |
Identifiers | |
Gray's | p.1077 |
Dorlands /Elsevier | l_09/12492331 |
Anatomical terminology |
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.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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