Thyrohyoid membrane at a glance
- What it is
- A fibroelastic sheet connecting the hyoid bone to the thyroid cartilage.
- Location
- Lies between the upper border of the thyroid cartilage and the hyoid bone.
- Function
- Suspends the larynx from the hyoid.
- Body system
- Respiratory · paired (left and right)
- FMA ID
- FMA55134 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)
Key facts
- It is pierced by the internal laryngeal nerve and the superior laryngeal vessels.
Structures next to the thyrohyoid membrane
The nearest named structures in the 3D model, measured from the centre of each part:
- Epiglottis · respiratory
- Hyoid bone · skeletal
- Palatopharyngeus · muscular
- Thyro-arytenoid · muscular
- Thyrohyoid · respiratory
- Cuneiform cartilage · respiratory
- Hyo-epiglottic ligament · respiratory
- Lateral thyrohyoid ligament · respiratory
- Inferior pharyngeal constrictor · muscular
- Thyroid cartilage · respiratory
References
- Foundational Model of Anatomy: Thyrohyoid membrane (FMA55134). EMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup Service.
- OpenStax. Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §22.1 Organs and Structures of the Respiratory System. Rice University, 2022.
- Mitsuhashi N. et al. (2009). BodyParts3D: 3D structure database for anatomical concepts. Nucleic Acids Research 37, D782–D785. Data © The Database Center for Life Science, CC BY 4.0.
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