Thyroepiglottic ligament

Thyroepiglottic ligament
Details
Latin Ligamentum thyreoepiglotticum
Identifiers
Gray's p.1075
Dorlands
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l_09/12493357
Anatomical terminology

The thyroepiglottic ligament is a ligament of the larynx. It connects the long and narrow attached part or stem of the epiglottis to the angle formed by the two laminæ of the thyroid cartilage, a short distance below the superior thyroid notch.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)