Description
Subject: Action of cricothyroid muscle – Lengthening of the vocal folds
Front view: Neutral position of thyroid & cricoid cartilage
Side view left: Neutral position of thyroid & cricoid cartilage
Side view middle: Thyroid cartilage tilting down
Side view right: Cricoid cartilage tilting up
Bottom: Cut => view on vocal folds + arytenoid & corniculate cartilages
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- Arrows: Yes
- Note: At the time of the launch of this drawing (Aug ’19), there was no consensus yet whether the thyroid cartilage tilts down or the cricoid cartilage tilts up. Hence the two versions.