Landmark · Skeletal system
Superior horn of thyroid cartilage
Cornu superius cartilaginis thyreoideae
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Neck, Trunk
- Landmark on
- Thyroid cartilage
DescriptionUnreviewed
The most posterior part of the cartilage also has two projections upwards and downwards.
The upper projection is called the superior horn (cornu), and the lower is called the inferior horn.
The superior horn is long and narrow, backward, and medialward, and ends in a conical extremity, which gives attachment to the lateral thyrohyoid ligament.
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Names
- Latin
- Cornu superius cartilaginis thyreoideae
- English
- Superior horn of thyroid cartilage
- French
- Corne supérieure du cartilage thyroïdien
- Spanish
- Cuerno superior del cartilago tiroides
- Portuguese
- Corno superior da cartilagem tireóide