Corniculate cartilages

Corniculate cartilages
Corniculate cartilages
	Ligaments of the larynx. Posterior view. (Corniculate cartilage labeled at center right.)
	The entrance to the larynx, viewed from behind. (Corniculate cartilage labeled at bottom right.)
Details
Identifiers
Latin	cartilagines corniculatae
TA98	A06.2.05.001
TA2	997
FMA	55110
	Anatomical terminology

The corniculate cartilages (cartilages of Santorini) are two small conical nodules consisting of elastic cartilage, which articulate with the summits of the arytenoid cartilages and serve to prolong them posteriorly and medially.

They are situated in the posterior parts of the aryepiglottic folds of mucous membrane, and are sometimes fused with the arytenoid cartilages.