Intermediate Glottis Quiz

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Q1. What are the two anatomical parts of the rima glottidis?

  • Anterior and posterior vestibular parts
  • Supraglottic and infraglottic parts
  • Intermembranous and intercartilaginous parts
  • Thyroid and cricoid parts

Q2. Which portion forms the larger anterior part of the rima glottidis?

  • Laryngeal ventricle
  • Vestibule
  • Intermembranous part
  • Intercartilaginous part

Q3. Which portion of the rima glottidis lies between the arytenoid cartilages posteriorly?

  • Intercartilaginous part
  • Intermembranous part
  • Supraglottic part
  • Subglottic recess

Q4. Which muscle adducts the vocal folds by medially rotating the arytenoid cartilages?

  • Thyrohyoid
  • Lateral cricoarytenoid
  • Posterior cricoarytenoid
  • Cricothyroid

Q5. Which muscles are especially important for closing the posterior intercartilaginous part of the rima glottidis?

  • Sternothyroids
  • Posterior cricoarytenoids
  • Transverse and oblique arytenoids
  • Cricothyroids

Q6. Which muscle primarily tenses and lengthens the vocal folds?

  • Posterior cricoarytenoid
  • Thyroarytenoid
  • Cricothyroid
  • Transverse arytenoid

Q7. Which nerve supplies the cricothyroid muscle?

  • Glossopharyngeal nerve
  • Recurrent laryngeal nerve
  • External branch of the superior laryngeal nerve
  • Internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve

Q8. Which muscle can relax the vocal ligament by drawing the arytenoid cartilage anteriorly?

  • Cricothyroid
  • Inferior pharyngeal constrictor
  • Posterior cricoarytenoid
  • Thyroarytenoid

Q9. What is the vocalis muscle?

  • The medial part of the thyroarytenoid that finely adjusts vocal fold tension
  • The lateral part of posterior cricoarytenoid
  • A pharyngeal muscle that closes the laryngeal inlet
  • A subdivision of cricothyroid that abducts the folds

Q10. How does the shape of the rima glottidis change during forced inspiration?

  • The vestibular folds replace the true vocal folds
  • It becomes widely open as the vocal folds are strongly abducted
  • It closes completely to increase airway pressure
  • Only the anterior part opens while the posterior part remains closed
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