Anatomy study note · Head and neck

Laryngeal membranes and ligaments

The membranes and ligaments holding the laryngeal cartilages together and forming the vocal and vestibular folds.

Key points

• Quadrangular membrane → vestibular ligament (false cord).
• Cricothyroid ligament → vocal ligament (true cord).
• Thyrohyoid membrane pierced by the internal laryngeal nerve.
• Connective tissue: from leftover mesenchyme.
• Vocal ligament: elastic fibres.
• Dense CT: irregular (capsules) or regular (tendons, ligaments).

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Written from

• Snell’s Clinical Anatomy by Regions, 10th ed., ch. 12, PDF pp. 1782–1783
• Inderbir Singh’s Human Embryology, ch. 7, PDF pp. 94–95
• BRS Cell Biology & Histology, 7th ed., ch. 6, PDF p. 110; ch. 15, PDF p. 270

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• Mandible
• Mandibular nerve
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