Additional Study Questions

1. Which laryngeal muscle causes laryngospasm?
2. True of False. The Superior Laryngeal Artery supplies the surrounding laryngeal structures?
3. Which nerve provides sensation to the subglottic area and motor function to the intrinsic muscles of the larynx?
4. Which membrane is avascular and connects the cricoid to the front parts of the thyroid cartilage?
5. Which cartilage is pyramidal in shape and functions to open and close the cords?
   A. Thyroid Cartilage
   B. Cuneiform Cartilage
   C. Epiglottis
   D. Corniculate Cartilage
   E. Arytenoid Cartilage
   F. Cricoid Cartilage
6. Which nerve innervates the cricothyroid muscle?
7. List the three paired cartilages of the larynx.
8. List the three unpaired cartilages of the larynx.
9. Which muscle ABducts the vocal cords?
10. Innervation of the larynx is derived from what Cranial nerve?
    

Answers to Larynx Study Questions

1. The Cricothyroid muscle.
2. False, the Superior Laryngeal artery supplies the internal laryngeal structures while the Inferior Laryngeal artery supplies the surrounding structures.
3. The Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve.
4. The Cricothyroid Membrane.
5. The answer is E the Arytenoid Cartilage.
6. External laryngeal nerve
7. arytenoid, corniculate, cuneiform
8. thyroid, epiglottis, cricoid
9. Posterior Cricoarytenoid (Pulls the Cords Apart)
10. X Vagus