Tags: Anatomical Structure, Ligament.

The cricothyroid ligament is the larger part of the laryngeal membrane continuing inferiorly as a median or anterior part and twin lateral ligaments. The median cricothyroid ligament is a flat band of white tissue joining the cricoid and thyroid cartilages while the lateral cricothyroid ligament is also known as the cricothyroid membrane (also called conus elasticus).

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