Diseases of the nose and throat; a text-book for students and practitioners . Key to Fig. S6. thyroid cartilage is a deep notch (superior thyroid), which canbe felt externally. To the upper ridge of the cartilage isattached the thyro-hyoid ligament, which unites this cartilagewith the hyoid bone, although Mayo Collier {Ann. Univ. , 1889) denies the existence of a true thyro-hyoid mem-brane : All that he finds is a thin fascia lining the inferioraspect of the thyro-hyoid muscle, and covering a quantity ofareolar tissue and fat. The upper edge of the cartilage isirregular in outline and
Diseases of the nose and throat; a text-book for students and practitioners . Key to Fig. S6. thyroid cartilage is a deep notch (superior thyroid), which canbe felt externally. To the upper ridge of the cartilage isattached the thyro-hyoid ligament, which unites this cartilagewith the hyoid bone, although Mayo Collier {Ann. Univ. , 1889) denies the existence of a true thyro-hyoid mem-brane : All that he finds is a thin fascia lining the inferioraspect of the thyro-hyoid muscle, and covering a quantity ofareolar tissue and fat. The upper edge of the cartilage isirregular in outline and terminates, posteriorly, in the superiorhorns (one on each side), which are attached to the hyoid boneby means of the lateral thyro-hyoid ligaments. Its lower borderis also irregular, and has cornua projecting from its posteriorextremities; on their lower ends are facets for articulation withthe postero-lateral surfaces of the cricoid cartilage, by means of 324 DISEASES OF THE NOSE AND THROAT. a capsular ligament and synovial membrane. The motion isa tilting one during the
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