Median cricothyroid ligament

Ligament: Median cricothyroid ligament
The ligaments of the larynx. Antero-lateral view.
Latin	ligamentum cricothyroideum medianum
Gray's	subject #236 1078
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The anterior part of the cricothyroid ligament, or middle cricothyroid ligament, is thick and strong, narrow above and broad below.

It connects together the front parts of the contiguous margins of the thyroid and cricoid cartilages. It is overlapped on either side by the Cricothyreoideus, but between these is subcutaneous; it is crossed horizontally by a small anastomotic arterial arch, formed by the junction of the two cricothyroid arteries, branches of which pierce it.

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