Corniculate cartilage

Corniculate cartilages
Ligaments of the larynx. Posterior view. (Corniculate cartilage labeled at center right.)
The entrance to the larynx, viewed from behind. (Corniculate cartilage labeled at bottom right.)
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Latin	Cartilagines corniculatae
TA	A06.2.05.001
FMA	55110
Anatomical terminology []

The corniculate cartilages (cartilages of Santorini) are two small conical nodules 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.

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.

The cartilages of the larynx. Posterior view.

Laryngoscopic view of interior of larynx.

Muscles of larynx. Posterior view.

Muscles of larynx. Side view. Right lamina of thyroid cartilage removed.

Corniculate cartilages

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)