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  2. Recurrent laryngeal nerve - Wikipedia

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    The vagus nerves, from which the recurrent laryngeal nerves branch, exit the skull at the jugular foramen and travel within the carotid sheath alongside the carotid arteries through the neck. The recurrent laryngeal nerves branch off the vagus, the left at the aortic arch, and the right at the right subclavian artery. The left RLN passes in ...

  3. Vocal cords - Wikipedia

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    The vocalis muscle, main body of the vocal cords, is covered by the mucosa, which consists of the epithelium and the lamina propria. [10] The latter is a pliable layer of connective tissue subdivided into three layers: the superficial layer (SL), the intermediate layer (IL), and the deep layer (DL). [ 11 ]

  4. Larynx - Wikipedia

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    Sensory innervation to the glottis and laryngeal vestibule is by the internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve. The external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve innervates the cricothyroid muscle. Motor innervation to all other muscles of the larynx and sensory innervation to the subglottis is by the recurrent laryngeal nerve. While ...

  5. Lateral cricoarytenoid muscle - Wikipedia

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    The muscle closes the rima glottidis, adducting (approximating) the apices of the vocal process to close the ligamentous part of rima glottidis (in which it is synergystic with the oblique arytenoid muscles and transverse arytenoid muscle). [1] It thus functions to close the airway. [citation needed] It also shortens and slackens the vocal ...

  6. Superior laryngeal nerve - Wikipedia

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    The external branch functions to stretch the vocal cords by activating the cricothyroid muscle, increasing pitch. The external laryngeal nerve gives branches to pharyngeal plexus and the superior portion of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor , and communicates with the superior cardiac nerve behind the common carotid artery .

  7. Cricothyroid muscle - Wikipedia

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    The cricothyroid muscle is the only tensor muscle of the larynx aiding with phonation. It is innervated by the superior laryngeal nerve. It is innervated by the superior laryngeal nerve. Its action tilts the thyroid forward to help tense the vocal cords , thus increasing the pitch of the voice.

  8. Posterior cricoarytenoid muscle - Wikipedia

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    The posterior cricoarytenoid muscle receives motor innervation from (the anterior division of) the recurrent laryngeal nerve (itself a branch of the vagus nerve (CN X)). [2] [5] Different parts of the muscle (such as the medial and lateral muscle bellies) are often innervated by separate branches. [2] There may be 1-6 branches, but are usually 2-3.

  9. Cough reflex - Wikipedia

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    The glottis closes (muscles innervated by recurrent laryngeal nerve) and the vocal cords contract to shut the larynx. The abdominal muscles contract to accentuate the action of the relaxing diaphragm; simultaneously, the other expiratory muscles contract. These actions increase the pressure of air within the lungs.