Laryngeal cartilages
Cartilagines laryngis
- Related terms: Laryngeal cartilages and joints
Definition
The Cartilages of the Larynx (cartilagines laryngis) are nine in number, three single and three paired, as follows:
- Thyroid.
- Two Corniculate.
- Cricoid.
- Two Cuneiform.
- Two Arytenoid.
- Epiglottis
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
