Cricothyroid Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What muscle abducts the vocal cords? - correct answer posterior cricoarytenoid What is the only muscle that tenses (elongates) the vocal cords? - correct answer cricothyroid "cords tense" What muscle opens the glottis? - correct answer thyroepiglottic What two muscles close the glottis? - correct answer aryepiglottic oblique arytenoid What muscles adduct the vocal cords and arytenoids? - there are two - correct answer lateral cricoarytenoid transverse arytenoid What ...

From the atmosphere, what structures does air pass through during ventilation? - Starts in atmosphere, then nose, nasopharyngeal space/orophargyneal space (if mouth breather), then pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli What is the purpose of the nasal passages and nasopharynx? - To warm/humidify air as it passes through What is the difference between respiration and ventilation? - Respiration refers to the exchange of gases in the alveoli, ventilation refers to the moveme...

Which muscle abducts the vocal cords? a. Posterior Cricoarytenoid b. Cricothyroid c. Lateral Cricoarytenoid d. Arepiglottic correct answer: a. posterior cricoarytenoid The cricothyroid muscle is innervated by the: a. recurrent laryngeal nerve b. glossopharyngeal nerve c. internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve d. external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve. correct answer: d. External branch of the superior laryngeal nerve What innervates the Anterior tongue: a. Trig...

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What muscle abducts the vocal cords? correct answers posterior cricoarytenoid What is the only muscle that tenses (elongates) the vocal cords? correct answers cricothyroid "cords tense" What muscle opens the glottis? correct answers thyroepiglottic What two muscles close the glottis? correct answers aryepiglottic oblique arytenoid What muscles adduct the vocal cords and arytenoids? - there are two correct answers lateral cricoarytenoid transverse arytenoid Wha...

Paramedic Airway FISDAP Review Part 1 Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Appropriate airway management - ANSWER-*Steps must be performed in order. Bypass steps that do not apply.* a. Open and maintain a patent airway. b. Recognize and treat airway obstructions. c. Assess ventilation and oxygenation status. d. Administer supplemental oxygen. e.Provide ventilatory assistance. Upper airway - ANSWER-Consists of all anatomic airway structures above the glottic opening. *1. Tongue* a. Mus...

From the atmosphere, what structures does air pass through during ventilation? - Answer- Starts in atmosphere, then nose, nasopharyngeal space/orophargyneal space (if mouth breather), then pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli What is the purpose of the nasal passages and nasopharynx? - Answer- To warm/humidify air as it passes through What is the difference between respiration and ventilation? - Answer- Respiration refers to the exchange of gases in the alveoli, ventilat...

The common carotid divides into its external and internal branches usually at the level of the upper border of the: a) hyoid b) cricoid c) thyroid cartilage d) cricothyroid membrane e) carina - Answer- c) thyroid cartilage The prominence of the larynx is formed by the: a) hyoid bone b) thyroid cartilage c) cricoid cartilage d) thyroid gland e) greater cornu - Answer- b) thyroid cartilage The infraorbital artery is a terminal branch of the: a) maxillary artery b) facial artery ...

cricothyroid muscle correct answers elongates, tenses the vocal ligaments CricoThyroid =Cords Tense innervated by external SLN what nerve innervates the cricothyroid muscle? correct answers external SLN vocalis muscle correct answers relaxes, shortens the vocal ligaments VocaLis = Vocal cords reLax innervated by RLN what nerve innervates the majority of the intrinsic muscles of the airway correct answers RLN thyroarytenoid muscle correct answers Shortens and relaxes the...

From the atmosphere, what structures does air pass through during ventilation? Correct Answer Starts in atmosphere, then nose, nasopharyngeal space/orophargyneal space (if mouth breather), then pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli What is the purpose of the nasal passages and nasopharynx? Correct Answer To warm/humidify air as it passes through What is the difference between respiration and ventilation? Correct Answer Respiration refers to the exchange of gases in the al...