The Larynx

car. The larynx is an integral part of the respiratory system and is the organ of voice production .The larynx consists of a cartilaginous framework bound together by ligaments and covered muscle and mucous membrane. The cartilage of the larynx is either unpaired or paired cartilage.
Unpaired cartilages:
1.Thyroid cartilage
2.Cricoid cartilage
Paired cartilages:
1.Arytenoid car.
2.Corniculate car.
3.Cuniform
Laryngeal Muscles:
Are of 2 types:
Intrinsic muscle of larynx:?
?Abducors(opens):
It is one muscle (posterior cricoarytenoid muscle)paired muscle
? Adductors(closes)
?Lateral cricoarytenoid muscle,paired also.
?? interarytenoid muscle which is unpaired
?Muscle adjust the tension of vocal cord
? Thyroarytenoid muscle with its specialized free edge portion,vocalis muscle ? Muscle adjust the length of vocal cord ? Cricothyroid muscle (the only intrinsic muscle which lies on the out side)
Extrinsic muscle of larynx: ?
?Strap muscle of the neck
?Sternothyroid muscle
??Sternohyoid muscle
???Thyrohyoid muscle