| Ligament: Vocal ligament | ||
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| Muscles of the larynx, seen from above. | ||
| Latin | ligamenta vocales | |
| Gray's | subject #236 1079 | |
| From | thyroid cartilage | |
| To | arytenoid cartilage | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | l_09/12493562 | |
The vocal ligaments (or inferior thyroarytenoid) are two strong bands enclosed within the vocal folds.
Each ligament consists of a band of yellow elastic tissue, attached in front to the angle of the thyroid cartilage, and behind to the vocal process of the arytenoid.
External links
- Organology at UC Davis Respiratory/airways/larynx2/larynx3
- Diagram at entdocsonline.com
- Vocal+ligament at eMedicine Dictionary
- lesson11 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
See also
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated.
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