- Source: Corniculate cartilages
The corniculate cartilages (cartilages of Santorini) are two small conical nodules in the larynx, consisting of elastic cartilage, which articulate with the summits of the arytenoid cartilages and serve to prolong them posteriorly and medially.
They are situated in the posterior parts of the aryepiglottic folds of mucous membrane, and are sometimes fused with the arytenoid cartilages.
Eponym
It is named by Giovanni Domenico Santorini. The word "Corniculate" has a Latin root "cornu". Cornu means horn like projections. The projections of Corniculate cartilage look like "horns" hence the name.
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References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1075 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links
Atlas image: rsa3p8 at the University of Michigan Health System
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Corniculate cartilages
- Cuneiform cartilages
- Larynx
- Laryngeal cartilages
- Corniculate
- Arytenoid cartilage
- Elastic cartilage
- Laryngeal inlet
- Pharyngeal arch
- Aryepiglottic fold
