Cricotracheal ligament

Cricotracheal ligament
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Identifiers
Latin	ligamentum cricotracheale
TA98	A06.2.03.010
TA2	1663
FMA	55259
Anatomical terminology [ edit on Wikidata]

The cricotracheal ligament connects (the inferior border of) the cricoid cartilage superiorly, and the first tracheal cartilage ring inferiorly. It is continuous with the tracheal perichondrium ^[1] and resembles the fibrous membrane which connects the cartilaginous rings of the trachea to each other.^{[ citation needed ]}

Cricotracheal ligament

References

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

1. Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. p. 721. ISBN   978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC   1201341621.