Hyoepiglottic ligament

The hyoepiglottic ligament is an extrinsic ligament of the larynx connecting the epiglottis and the hyoid bone.^[1]

Structure

The hyoepiglottic ligament is an elastic band connecting the anterior surface of the epiglottis, and the superior border of the body of the hyoid bone.^{[citation needed]}

Clinical significance

It is clinically important in performing direct laryngoscopy with a Macintosh laryngoscope blade; the blade tip is placed in the vallecula and moved anteriorly, which causes the hyoepiglottic ligament to pull the epiglottis anteriorly as well and thus expose the glottis.^{[citation needed]}

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1077 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

^ Gray, Henry; Standring, Susan; Anhand, Neel, eds. (2021). Gray's Anatomy: the anatomical basis of clinical practice (42nd ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier. p. 721. ISBN 978-0-7020-7705-0.

[1] Gray, Henry; Standring, Susan; Anhand, Neel, eds. (2021). Gray's Anatomy: the anatomical basis of clinical practice (42nd ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier. p. 721. ISBN 978-0-7020-7705-0.

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Anatomy of the larynx
Cartilage	Epiglottis Vallecula Thyroid Adam's apple Cricoid Paired Arytenoid Vocal process Muscular process Corniculate Cuneiform
Ligaments and folds	Extrinsic ligaments Hyoepiglottic ligament Thyrohyoid membrane Lateral ligament Median ligament Thyroepiglottic ligament Cricotracheal ligament Intrinsic ligaments Quadrangular membrane Aryepiglottic Vestibular fold Cricothyroid ligament Vocal cords Histology
Laryngeal cavity	Laryngeal inlet Vestibule Rima vestibuli Ventricle Rima glottidis/Glottis Infraglottic cavity
Muscles	Cricothyroid Cricoarytenoid posterior lateral Arytenoid oblique arytenoid aryepiglottic transverse arytenoid Thyroarytenoid thyroepiglottic
Other	Cricothyroid joint Cricoarytenoid joint