Cartilago corniculata

Human larynx, the corniculate cartilage are in the center of the picture.

The cartilago corniculata (tip cartilage , squirrel cartilage or Santorini cartilage) is a small cartilage at the tip of the anterior cartilage . It lies in the fold between the cartilage and the epiglottis ( plica aryepiglottica ). The cartilago corniculata consists of elastic cartilage . During laryngoscopy , the tip cartilage is visible as a rounded cusp ( tuberculum corniculatum ) in this fold.

literature

• Michael Schünke , Erik Schulte , Udo Schumacher : Prometheus. LernAtlas der Anatomie. Head, Neck and Neuroanatomy. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Georg Thieme, Stuttgart et al. 2009, ISBN 978-3-13-139542-9 , p. 193.