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David

Darling

cuneiform cartilages

Posterior view of the muscles of the larynx, showing cuneiform cartilage.

Posterior view of the muscles of the larynx, showing cuneiform cartilage.


The cuneiform cartilages are a pair of little rod-shaped nodules of elastic fibrocartilage. Each is placed in the aryepiglottic fold in front of the corniculate cartilage.