The firm cartilagenous ring that forms the inferior portion of the larynx is called the....?

Question

thyroid cartilage

costal cartilage

cricoid cartilage

laryngo cartilage

i THINK the answer is cricoid cartilage.

Answer 1

I am an EMT and during 3+ Person CPR someone always puts pressure on the Criciod Cartilage while doing rescue breaths to close off the esophagus so you aren't ventilating the stomach.

Answer 2

ur right

Answer 3

thyroid gland... thats from my mom shes in nurseing school and just had that i reconized it and went and asked her

Answer 4

Cartilage forming base of the larynx in humans and most other mammals is Cricoid or innominate cartilage.In Greek "krikoedes" means ring-shaped.

It is signet-ring shaped ,broader posteriorly (behind)then anterior (front) and lateral (side).

Function of cricoid cartilage is to give attachment to muscles,cartilages and ligaments involved in opening & closing airway and in speech-production.

You can look interesting anatomy of larynx here

http://www.instantanatomy.net/headneck/a...

Larynx is made up of 3 unpaired and 3 paired (total 9) cartilages.

Unpaired--

1. Thyroid -upper,shield like and biggest

2. Epiglotis-leaf like

Paired--

Arytenoid

Cuneiform

Corniculate

Answer 5

random logical guess... i would go with laryngo cartilage.

Answer 6

yes you are correct, it's the cricoid cartilage.

Answer 7

It IS the cricoid cartilage.

Answer 8

its the cricoid cartilage.

go to the website listed as my source and it has a detailed pic or the larynx.

hope this solves your question  = ]