TOPIC: ANATOMY OF LARYNX📌 INTRODUCTION: 🔹The larynx is the voice box – a short, tubular structure involved in phonation, breathing, and protection of lower airways.🔹Extends from C3 to C6 vertebrae.🔹Located in the anterior neck, continuous above with the laryngopharynx and below with the trachea.1. CARTILAGES OF THE LARYNXA. Unpaired CartilagesThyroid cartilage – Largest; forms Adam’s apple (laryngeal prominence).Cricoid cartilage – Signet-ring shaped; only complete ring of airway.Epiglottis – Leaf-shaped; prevents food from entering larynx during swallowing.
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