Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== EPIGLOTTIS ====== * Epiglottis * shape * leaf shaped * upper end * broad and free * projects upwards behind the hyoid bone and tongue * lower end or thyroepiglottic ligament * pointed * attached to the upper part of angle between * two lamina of thyroid cartilage * margins * right and left margins * provide attachment to aryepiglottic folds * surfaces * anterior surface * connected to tongue * by median glossoepiglottic fold * connected to hyoid bone * by hyoepiglottic ligament * posterior surface * covered by mucous membrane * presents a tubercle in lower part * between * thyroid cartilage and margins of epiglottis * thyroepiglottic muscle * keeps inlet of larynx patent for breathing * aryepiglottic muscle * closes inlet during swallowing * situation * anterior wall of upper part of larynx {{:histology:epiglottis.jpg}} en/epiglottis.txt Last modified: 2023/06/18 11:59by 127.0.0.1