Atlas of Human Anatomy by Netter

Vocalis Vocal process of

arytenoids cartilage

Vocal ligament Recurrent

laryngeal nerve

Superior and

inferior thyroid

arteries

Tenses anterior vocal ligament

and relaxes posterior vocal

ligament

Transverse

and oblique

arytenoids

Arytenoid cartilage Opposite arytenoid

cartilage

Recurrent

laryngeal nerve

Superior and

inferior thyroid

arteries

Closes intercartilaginous

portion of rima glottides

Joints of the larynx and movements at the joints

Cricothyroid joints

Thyroid cartilage glides and rotates here

Changes length of vocal folds

Cricoarytenoid joints: movement of the arytenoids cartilage on the lamina of the cricoid

Slide towards each other and away from each other

Rotate

Tilt forward and back

Arterial supply to larynx

[Plate 69, Arteries of Oral and Pharyngeal Regions]

Superior laryngeal artery

Through gap in thyrohyoid membrane

Supplies internal larynx

Accompanies by superior laryngeal nerve

Inferior laryngeal artery

Supplies inferior internal larynx

Accompanied by recurrent laryngeal nerve

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Venous drainage of larynx