Cricoarytenoid articulation

Cricoarytenoid articulation
Muscles of the larynx, seen from above.
Muscles of larynx. Side view. Right lamina of thyroid cartilage removed.
Details
Identifiers
Latin	Articulatio cricoarytaenoidea
Dorlands /Elsevier	a_64/12161162
TA	A06.2.04.014
FMA	55102
*Anatomical terminology*

The cricoarytenoid articulation (or joint) is a joint connecting the cricoid cartilage and the arytenoid cartilage.

External links

lesson11 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (larynxskel2)

Joints and ligaments of the head and neck
Temporomandibular	Capsule Articular disk Lateral Temporomandibular ligament Medial Sphenomandibular ligament Stylomandibular ligament
Atlanto-occipital	capsule membranes (anterior atlantoöccipital membrane posterior atlantoöccipital membrane)

Anatomy of the larynx
Cartilage	major/unpaired: Epiglottis Vallecula Thyroid Adam's apple 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 Median Lateral/Conus elasticus Vocal ligament/Vocal folds
Laryngeal cavity	Laryngeal inlet Vestibule Rima vestibuli Ventricle Rima glottidis/Glottis Infraglottic cavity
Laryngeal muscles	Cricothyroid Cricoarytenoid posterior lateral Arytenoid oblique arytenoid aryepiglottic transverse arytenoid Thyroarytenoid vocal thyroepiglottic
Other	Cricothyroid articulation Cricoarytenoid articulation

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