Hyoepiglottic ligament

Hyoepiglottic ligament
Hyoepiglottic ligament
Details
From	anterior surface of the epiglottis
To	upper border of the body of the hyoid bone
Identifiers
Latin	ligamentum hyoepiglotticum
TA98	A06.2.07.006
TA2	1656
FMA	55227
	Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

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.

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[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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