Anatom3DLarynx
Larynx · Hrtan
Respiratory system
Looks like
A box of cartilage at the front of the neck holding two vocal folds, with a lid above it.
What it does
Makes the voice and shuts the airway when you swallow.
Keeping it well
Do not smoke, drink water, rest a hoarse voice. Hoarseness lasting over three weeks needs a look at the cords.
Its parts
- Epiglottis
- Thyroid cartilage
- Cricoid cartilage
- Arytenoid cartilages
- Vocal folds
- Recurrent laryngeal nerve
- Aryepiglotticus
- Conus elasticus
- Cricothyroid ligament
- Lateral crico-arytenoid
- Oblique arytenoid
- Oblique part of cricothyroid
- Posterior crico-arytenoid
- Straight part of cricothyroid
- Thyro-arytenoid
- Thyrohyoid membrane
- Transverse arytenoid
- Vocalis
- Extrinsic ligament of larynx
- Quadrangular membrane
Related conditions
- Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
- Botulism
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Chronic neuropathic pain
- Chronic pain syndrome
- Croup & epiglottitis
- Fibromyalgia
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Gout
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Head and neck cancer
- Heat exhaustion & heatstroke
- Laryngitis & voice disorders
- Lyme disease
- Malnutrition & refeeding syndrome
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Muscular dystrophy
- Myasthenia gravis
- Osteoarthritis
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Rabies
- Restless legs syndrome
- Rhabdomyolysis
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sarcoma
- Sarcopenia
- Shingles (herpes zoster)
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder
- Tetanus
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies