The corniculate cartilages (cartilages of Santorini) are two small conical nodules consisting of elastic
cartilage, which articulate with the summits of the
arytenoid cartilages and serve to prolong them posteriorly and medially.
They are situated in the posterior parts of the
aryepiglottic folds of
mucous membrane
A mucous membrane or mucosa is a membrane that lines various cavities in the body of an organism and covers the surface of internal organs. It consists of one or more layers of epithelial cells overlying a layer of loose connective tissue. It i ...
, and are sometimes fused with the
arytenoid cartilages.
Eponym
It is named by
Giovanni Domenico Santorini. The word "Corniculate" has a Latin root "cornu". Cornu means horn like projections. The projections of Corniculate cartilage look like "horns" hence the name.
Additional images
File:Gray950.png, The cartilages of the larynx. Posterior view.
File:Gray956.png, Laryngoscopic view of interior of larynx.
File:Gray958.png, Muscles of larynx. Posterior view.
File:Gray959.png, Muscles of larynx. Side view. Right lamina of thyroid cartilage removed.
File:Slide6vvv.JPG, Corniculate cartilages
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