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Cartilages
The laryngeal skeleton is cartilage rather than bone: the thyroid, cricoid, arytenoid, corniculate and cuneiform cartilages and the epiglottis. The hyaline ones ossify with age and the elastic ones never do, which is why they are typed separately from the bones.
Every cartilage entry in the AnatoMemory reference is listed below. Open any entry for the cartilage type, its landmarks and articulations, and the ossification pattern exams ask about.
5 cartilages, grouped by region
Head & neck
5- Arytenoid cartilageMovable attachments at the back of the vocal folds
- Corniculate and cuneiform cartilagesElastic supports along the laryngeal entrance
- Cricoid cartilageThe complete cartilage ring below the vocal folds
- EpiglottisElastic cartilage contributing to airway protection
- Thyroid cartilageThe largest supporting cartilage of the larynx