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larynx: labelled anatomical figure. Original source colours and labels retained.
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Epiglottis

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larynx: labelled anatomical figure. Original source colours and labels retained.

Image: OpenStax / University of Hawaiʻi adapted teaching figures; original contributors credited at source · Source / original · CC BY 4.0 — figure credits at source

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Cricothyroid muscle

Larynx

Cricothyroid muscle

STRUCTURE & FUNCTION

Understand what you see.

Tenses and lengthens the vocal folds.

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01 / IDENTIFICATION

How to recognise it.

  1. External muscle between cricoid arch and thyroid cartilage
  2. Tilts thyroid relative to cricoid
  3. An exception to recurrent-laryngeal motor supply
02 / KEY STRUCTURES

Point them out.

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Related features & study points (3)

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  • Origin: cricoid arch
  • Insertion: thyroid lamina/horn
  • Motor: external laryngeal nerve
03 / VIVA PRACTICE

Think first. Then reveal.

Say your answer aloud before opening the suggested response.

Examiner-style prompts: identify the structure, explain its relations, then answer the applied follow-up. These are revision questions, not authenticated past papers.

01Identify cricothyroid muscle and give its main role.
SUGGESTED ANSWER

External muscle between cricoid arch and thyroid cartilage. Tilts thyroid relative to cricoid. An exception to recurrent-laryngeal motor supply. Tenses and lengthens the vocal folds.

02What nerve supplies it?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

External branch of superior laryngeal nerve, from vagus X.

03What functional problem may follow its denervation?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Reduced ability to tense the folds and reach higher pitch; this differs from a sensory deficit caused by internal laryngeal injury.

04Point out three important relations and explain their significance.
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Origin: cricoid arch; Insertion: thyroid lamina/horn; Motor: external laryngeal nerve. Tenses and lengthens the vocal folds. Use the reference plate to locate the region; the relationship map organises the associations and is not drawn to scale.

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