Infraglottic cavity

Infraglottic cavity
Cut through the larynx of a horse 1 hyoid bone 2 epiglottis 3 vestibular fold 4 vocal fold 5 Ventricularis muscle 6 ventricle of larynx 7 Vocalis muscle 8 thyroid cartilage lamina 9 Cricoid cartilage 10 infraglottic cavity 11 first bronchial tube cartilage 12 bronchial tube
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Identifiers
Latin	cavitas infraglottica
Dorlands /Elsevier	c_16/12220471
TA	A06.2.09.018
FMA	55311
*Anatomical terminology*

The infraglottic cavity is the portion of the larynx below the laryngeal ventricles and the rima glottidis.

External links

part_8/chapter_53.html: Basic Human Anatomy at Dartmouth Medical School
figures/chapter_53/53-10.HTM: Basic Human Anatomy at Dartmouth Medical School
lesson11 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (larynxsagsect)
Diagram at sci.port.ac.uk

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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