cuneiform cartilage; Morgagni cartilage; Wrisberg cartilage; Morgagni tubercle

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Introduction

A small nonarticulating rod of elastic cartilage in the aryepiglottic fold anterolateral & superior to the corniculate cartilage, the cuneiforms do not directly attach to other cartilages.

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
  2. Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th edition, KL Moore & AF Dalley (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 1999.