Joints & ligaments
Lateral thyrohyoid ligament
Ligamentum thyreohyoideum laterale
- System
- Joints & ligaments
- Regions
- Neck, Trunk
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Thyrohyoid membrane
DescriptionUnreviewed
The lateral thyrohyoid ligament (lateral hyothyroid ligament) is a round elastic cord, which forms the posterior border of the thyrohyoid membrane and passes between the tip of the superior cornu of the thyroid cartilage and the extremity of the greater cornu of the hyoid bone.
The internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve typical lies lateral to this ligament.
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Names
- Latin
- Ligamentum thyreohyoideum laterale
- English
- Lateral thyrohyoid ligament
- French
- Ligament thyrohyoïde latéral
- Spanish
- Ligamento tirohioideo lateral
- Portuguese
- Ligamento tireohióideo lateral