Cricotracheal ligament

Cricotracheal ligament
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Identifiers
Latin	Ligamentum cricotracheale
TA	A06.2.03.010
FMA	55259
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The cricotracheal ligament connects the cricoid cartilage with the first ring of the trachea.

It resembles the fibrous membrane which connects the cartilaginous rings of the trachea to each other.

References

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

Anatomy of the larynx

Cartilage	major/unpaired: Epiglottis Vallecula Thyroid Adam's apple Cricoid minor/paired: Arytenoid Vocal process Muscular process Corniculate Cuneiform

Ligaments/folds	extrinsic ligaments: Hyoepiglottic ligament Thyrohyoid membrane Lateral ligament Median ligament Thyroepiglottic ligament Cricotracheal ligament intrinsic ligaments, upper: Quadrangular membrane Aryepiglottic Vestibular ligament/Vestibular fold intrinsic ligaments, lower: Cricothyroid ligament Median Lateral/Conus elasticus Vocal ligament/Vocal folds

Laryngeal cavity	Laryngeal inlet Vestibule Rima vestibuli Ventricle Rima glottidis/Glottis Infraglottic cavity

Other	Muscles of larynx Cricothyroid articulation Cricoarytenoid articulation

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